The Black Donnellys

The Black Donnellys
Title The Black Donnellys PDF eBook
Author Thomas P. Kelley
Publisher Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
Pages 0
Release 1993
Genre Crime and criminals
ISBN 9781895565249

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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.

Black Donnellys

Black Donnellys
Title Black Donnellys PDF eBook
Author Hendley, Nate
Publisher James Lorimer & Company
Pages 183
Release 2018-06-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1459413393

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The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized beginning with the first book on the story by Thomas Kelley in 1954. A thick layer of rumour, legend and hearsay has built up around the facts of the case. But one thing is clear — the murderous events that occurred near the town of Lucan, Ontario, in the 1870s are unforgettable. This new edition of Black Donnellys by Nate Hendley has been updated to include numerous black and white and colour photos pertaining to the Donnelly family. This book was the subject of a leading case in Canada's Federal Court on whether anyone can claim copyright on historical facts. The court's decision in 2021 was definitive -- no one owns history, and no one owns the facts -- and was not appealed. This book offers a short account of Canada's most notorious 19th century case of vigilante action leading to murder. The killers were by men from a community harassed by a no-holds-barred criminal family. They went to their graves protected by a conspiracy of silence among those in the know. The story has been told and retold in books, songs, plays and a movie -- and in this readable and engaging account by author Nate Hendley.

Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys

Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys
Title Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys PDF eBook
Author Keith Ross Leckie
Publisher Douglas & McIntyre
Pages 412
Release 2019-09-28
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1771622407

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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.

The Donnellys

The Donnellys
Title The Donnellys PDF eBook
Author James Reaney
Publisher Dundurn
Pages 392
Release 1983
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780888781178

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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.

The Cloud Corporation

The Cloud Corporation
Title The Cloud Corporation PDF eBook
Author Timothy Donnelly
Publisher Wave Books
Pages 178
Release 2010-09-21
Genre Poetry
ISBN 1933517476

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The long-awaited second collection by a central literary figure, Columbia University professor, and poetry editor of the Boston Review.

In Search of the Donnellys

In Search of the Donnellys
Title In Search of the Donnellys PDF eBook
Author RAY FAZAKAS
Publisher Trafford Publishing
Pages 301
Release 2012-02-07
Genre History
ISBN 1466913002

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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.

The Donnellys: Powder Keg

The Donnellys: Powder Keg
Title The Donnellys: Powder Keg PDF eBook
Author John Little
Publisher Comprehensive Donnellys, Volum
Pages 352
Release 2021-11-02
Genre History
ISBN 9781770416291

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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.