30 Facts About Montserrat

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.

Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.

In 1985, the people of Montserrat made St Patrick's Day a ten-day public holiday to commemorate the uprising.

The geographer Thomas Jeffrey claimed in The West India Atlas that the majority of those on Montserrat were either Irish or of Irish descent, "so that the use of the Irish language is preserved on the island, even among the Negroes.

In 1902, The Irish Times quoted the Montreal Family Herald in a description of Montserrat, noting that "the negroes to this day speak the old Irish Gaelic tongue, or English with an Irish brogue.

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Montserrat frequently told me that in the year 1852, when mate of the brig Kaloolah, he went ashore on the island of Montserrat which was then out of the usual track of shipping.

Montserrat said he was much surprised to hear the negroes actually talking Irish among themselves, and that he joined in the conversation.

Montserrat found little in phonology, morphology or syntax that could be attributed to Irish influence, and in Wells' report, only a small number of Irish words in use, one example being minseach which he suggests is the noun goat.

From 1871 to 1958, Montserrat was administered as part of the federal crown colony of the British Leeward Islands, becoming a province of the short-lived West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962.

In 1995, Montserrat was devastated by the catastrophic volcanic eruptions of the Soufriere Hills, which destroyed the capital city of Plymouth, and necessitated the evacuation of a large part of the island.

Montserrat is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

Defence of the Montserrat is the responsibility of the United Kingdom which the Royal Navy has a ship on permanent station in the Caribbean HMS Medway and additionally sends another Royal Navy or Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship as a part of Atlantic Patrol (NORTH) tasking.

UK Postcode for directing mail to Montserrat is MSR followed by four digits according to the destination town, for example, the postcode for Little Bay is MSR1120.

Montserrat has a few tiny off-shore islands, such as Little Redonda off its north coast and Pinnacle Rock and Statue Rock off its east.

In recognition of the disaster, in 1998, the people of Montserrat were granted full residency rights in the United Kingdom, allowing them to migrate if they chose.

Northern part of Montserrat has largely been unaffected by volcanic activity, and remains lush and green.

Montserrat is home to the critically endangered giant ditch frog, known locally as the mountain chicken, found only in Montserrat and Dominica.

Montserrat is known for its coral reefs and its caves along the shore.

Montserrat tarantula is the only species of tarantula native to the island.

Montserrat has a tropical rainforest climate with the temperature being warm and consistent year-round, and lots of precipitation.

In 1979, The Beatles producer George Martin opened AIR Studios Montserrat, making the island popular with musicians who often went there to record while taking advantage of the island's climate and beautiful surroundings.

AIR Studios Montserrat closed, and the tourist economy was virtually wiped out.

Education in Montserrat is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 14, and free up to the age of 17.

Montserrat Community College is a community college (post-16 and tertiary educational institution) in Salem.

Montserrat cuisine resembles the general British and Caribbean cuisines, as it is situated in the Caribbean zone and it is a British territory.

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Montserrat holds the Antiguan National record over 200m in 19.

Players from Montserrat are eligible to play for the West Indies cricket team.

Jim Allen was the first to play for the West Indies and he represented the World Series Cricket West Indians, although, with a very small population, no other player from Montserrat had gone on to represent the West Indies until Lionel Baker made his One Day International debut against Pakistan in November 2008.

Montserrat has its own FIFA affiliated football team, and has competed in the World Cup qualifiers five times but failed to advance to the finals from 2002 to 2018.

Montserrat has a club league, the Montserrat Championship, which has played sporadically since 1974.