section_path: Celebrations elsewhere/Americas/Montserrat
section_name: Montserrat
paragraph_text: Montserrat
  
  The island of Montserrat is known as the "Emerald Island of the Caribbean " because of its founding by Irish refugees from Saint Kitts and Nevis. Montserrat is one of three places where Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday, along with Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The holiday in Montserrat also commemorates a failed slave uprising that occurred on 17 March 1768.
  
  The island of Montserrat is known as the "Emerald Island of the Caribbean " because of its founding by Irish refugees from Saint Kitts and Nevis. Montserrat is one of three places where Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday, along with Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The holiday in Montserrat also commemorates a failed slave uprising that occurred on 17 March 1768.