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Cursed Blood of the Donnellys
Author | : Keith Ross Leckie |
Publsiher | : Douglas & McIntyre |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2019-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781771622400 |
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In the midst of the feuds and famine of Tipperary, Ireland in 1845, Jim Donnelly and Johannah McGee fall passionately in love. She is the beautiful daughter of an affluent estate manager, he the rebellious son of dispossessed peasants. With her father’s men in pursuit and a sizable price on Jim’s head, they board a ship set for Canada to start a new life and put the troubles of the old country behind them. Thousands of miles away in rural Ontario, they find the feuds and vendettas of Ireland are very much alive. Jim must make a place for his young family not just with his back, but with his fists. Fifteen years later, the Donnelly family have become one of the most powerful in Lucan Township, loved by some and hated by others. Jim and Johannah’s sons are notorious as both fighters and lovers and torment the townspeople, swinging shillelaghs, burning barns and seducing daughters. But certain citizens of Lucan have had enough. At midnight on February 3, 1880, a mob of thirty armed men in women’s clothing and carnival masks ride out for the Donnelly farm. Sustained by whisky and the blessings of the local priest, their goal is to wipe the Donnelly family from the face of the earth. Yet there is an eye witness and during the trial that follows, it becomes clear that in small town Ontario of the late 1800s, order is valued above truth. Eventful and conveyed with cinematic detail, Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys is an engaging and historically enlightening read.
In Search of the Donnellys
Author | : RAY FAZAKAS |
Publsiher | : Trafford Publishing |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2012-02-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781466913004 |
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The massacre of the Donnellys by their fellow church members has fascinated the public in the English-speaking world for well over a hundred years. Contained in this book are intriguing new photographs never before published and significant new information, which will pique the interest even of those who have been familiar for years with this bit of North American folk history with Irish roots.
Coppermine
Author | : Keith Ross Leckie |
Publsiher | : Penguin Canada |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 2010-10-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780143178989 |
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Part epic adventure, part romance, and part true-crime thriller, Coppermine is a dramatic, compelling, character-driven story set in 1917 in the extremes of Canada's far north and the boom town of Edmonton. The story begins when two missionaries disappear in the remote Arctic region known as the Coppermine. North West Mounted Police officer Jack Creed and Angituk, a young Copper Inuit interpreter, are sent on a year-long odyssey to investigate the fate of the lost priests. On the shores of the Arctic Ocean near the mouth of the Coppermine River, they discover their dismembered remains. Two Inuit hunters are tracked and apprehended, and the four begin an arduous journey to Edmonton, to bring the accused to justice. Instructing the jury to "think like an Eskimo," the defence counsel sets out to prove the Inuit acted in self-defence. They hear how the hunters believed the priests were possessed by demons about to kill them, and how, acting on this belief, they killed the men and ate their livers. The jury finds them not guilty. The hunters become celebrities, a parade is held for them, they visit a movie theatre and an amusement park, and become guests of honour at socialite dinners. They are given new suits, fine cigars, and champagne. But Rome is outraged that the murderers of its martyred priests will go free. As secrets of Jack Creed's past in the trenches of Europe are revealed, Jack tries to save his two friends, and himself.
The Donnellys
Author | : James Reaney |
Publsiher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2008-05-12 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781550028324 |
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Based on a true story, these three plays explore the saga of a secret society and massacre that stunned the Canadian public in 1880.-Based on a true story, these three plays explore the saga of a secret society and massacre that stunned the Canadian public in 1880.
The Black Donnellys
Author | : Thomas P. Kelley |
Publsiher | : Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Crime and criminals |
ISBN | : 1895565243 |
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The terrible Donnelly feud, by far the most notorious and violent in the history of Canada, began in the spring of 1847 only a few hours after James Donnelly, an Irish immigrant, first arrived in the town of Lucan, Ontario. The feud lasted nearly 33 years and was marked by murders, gang wars, highway robbery, mass arson, derailed trains, mutilations, and barbarisms paralleling the Dark Ages.
Blood of the Donnellys
Author | : David McRae |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2016-12-28 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 152523613X |
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When Jason Stevens to Lucan, Ontario, site of the 1880 massacre of the Donnellys, he becomes enthralled with the story and, with some ghostly help, searches for answers.
Night Justice
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Author | : Peter Edwards |
Publsiher | : Hunter House |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Crime |
ISBN | : 1552636224 |
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February 2005 is the 125th anniversary of the Donnelly mass murder. Night Justice is the first serious re-evaluation of this crime and features previously unpublished material. Late on the frigid night of February 4, 1880, five members of the Donnelly family were slaughtered in their homes near Lucan, a hamlet outside London, Ontario. The Toronto Globe called it "the blackest crime that ever disgraced and shocked the Dominion." The killers were a mob of neighbours, a vigilante society incited by the local parish priest to take matters into their own hands. Known as "night justice," this practice was all too common in small communities. In fact, the local police constable, Michael Carroll, was a leader of the vigilante murderers. A brutal history of clan violence formed the backdrop for the murders and cover-up. Even with a witness who testified in open court—an 11-year-old boy who hid beneath a bed during the slaughter—and other evidence pointing to the culprits, only one man—the police officer ever faced murder charges, and he was acquitted. Drawing on court transcripts, archival searches, material obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Peter Edwards tells a shocking tale with fresh revelations on the Donnelly family murder and trial.
The Donnellys Powder Keg
Author | : John Little |
Publsiher | : Comprehensive Donnellys, Volum |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2021-11-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1770416293 |
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An in-depth, well-researched, and comprehensive account of the vigilante mob that murdered five of the Donnelly family and burned the family farm to the ground, and the feuds and religious tensions that led to it exploding into the headline-inducing massacre that it was.