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The Fenians in Montreal, 1862-68: Invasion, Intrigue and Assassination
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The Fenians in Montreal, 1862-68: Invasion, Intrigue and Assassination
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In 1866, roughly one in eight Montrealers had been born in Ireland. The author points out that as an ethnic group, the Irish constituted around a quarter of the city's population, with Catholics in the majority, and the Fenians of Montreal were considered among the most militant Irish revolutionaries on the continent. Some post-Civil War American Irish thought that one way of liberating Ireland from British rule was to capture the British North American colonies, starting with Canada East, and use Canada as a base from which to attack British shipping. They thought that Canada could even serve as a bargaining chip in negotiations for an independent Ireland. The author outlines how the Fenians in Montreal grew out of, and broke away from, the city's St. Patrick's Society.
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Erie/Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies
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Vol. 38
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no. 3-4
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109-133
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Fall-Winter 2003
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en
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Wilson, David A. “The Fenians in Montreal, 1862-68: Invasion, Intrigue and Assassination.” Erie/Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies Vol. 38, no. 3–4 (Fall-Winter 2003): 109–133.
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