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
Disco Freddy Disco Freddy Disco Freddy, also called Larry the Unbelievable at the beginning of his public career, was one of the notable characters during the late 1970s and early 1980s on the Riegelmann Boardwalk, which extends from Coney Island to Brighton Beach, in Brooklyn, N.Y. During his performing heyday, he was about 60 years old. Disco Freddy entertained crowds with a comedy and faux dance act on the boardwalk during the warm weather months, mainly in Brighton Beach. His shows consisted of dancing to music played on a large portable battery-powered transistor radio-tape recorder that he often held while he danced,