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Brennan Neill

Brennan is a Montreal born and based journalist and amateur historian. Contact him through twitter (@brennaneill) or through email brennaneill at gmail.com

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"... nothing like it in Canada."

Silk underwear – The Montreal Daily Herald, Feb. 6, 1888 S. Carsley is showing the most select assortment of ladies’ silk underwear, nothing like it in Canada. »

Brennan Neill on underwear, advertisment 02 February 2015

Good deed on a snowy, drunken night

Fell into honest hands – The Montreal Gazette, Feb. 5, 1892 As Alfred Leblanc was walking along Craig street yesterday evening he observed an old man, evidently »

Brennan Neill on drunk 02 February 2015

One Baron, two street names

The Story of a wrong name – Montreal Daily Witness Jan 31, 1890 A city surveyor put in two superfluous letters. “How do we come to have »

Brennan Neill on Dorchester, Road names 26 January 2015

No, not that Jermie Rochon...

Explanation – The Montreal Gazette Jan 28, 1878 Jermie Rochon, bricklayer, says that the Jermie Rochon published as being arrested and fined for being drunk and disorderly »

Brennan Neill on drunk, wrong identity 26 January 2015

Blessings for handsome Longueuil church

The new Longueuil church – The Montreal Daily Herald Jan 29, 1887 The new Roman Catholic church at Longueuil was blessed by the Archbishop yesterday, the service »

Brennan Neill on church, Longueuil 26 January 2015
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