Before the Fenians: 1848 and the Irish Plot to Invade Canada

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Title
Before the Fenians: 1848 and the Irish Plot to Invade Canada
Abstract
The author recounts the conspiracy by Irish nationalist émigrés in the United States and Lower Canada to undertake an invasion or create an insurrection in Lower Canada in 1848. The point of the plot was to create a diversion from Ireland by distracting the attention of the British government and dividing its forces, thus allowing republician nationalists in Ireland to rise up against British control of their country.
Publication
Éire-Ireland
Volume
Vol. 51
Issue
Nos. 1 & 2
Pages
61-91
Date
Spring/Summer 2016
Language
en
Citation
Lynn, Shane. “Before the Fenians: 1848 and the Irish Plot to Invade Canada.” Éire-Ireland Vol. 51, no. Nos. 1 & 2 (Spring/Summer 2016): 61–91.
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