Montserrat island "Santa María de Montserrate", after the Virgin of Montserrat in the Monastery of Montserrat, on Montserrat mountain, near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. "Montserrat" means "serrated mountain" in Catalan. Archaeological field work in 2012, in Montserrat's Centre Hills indicated there was an Archaic (pre-Arawak) occupation between 4000 and 2500 BP. Later coastal sites show the presence of the Saladoid culture. In November 1493, Christopher Columbus passed Montserrat in his second voyage, after being told that the island was unoccupied due to raids by the Caribs. A number of Irishmen settled in Montserrat in 1632. The preponderance of Irish in the
People's Liberation Movement (Montserrat) which the party lost all four seats. In 1996 the party was dissolved and replaced by the People's Progressive Alliance. In 2001 the PPA merged with the Movement for National Reconstruction to form the New People's Liberation Movement. People's Liberation Movement (Montserrat) The People's Liberation Movement (PLM) was a political party in Montserrat. The PLM was established by John Osborne in 1973. In the 1978 elections it won all seven seats in the Legislative Council, with Osborne becoming Chief Minister. The party also won the 1983 elections, claiming five of the seven seats. In the 1987 elections it was reduced