The History of The Irish...Worldwide
The Catalpa Rescue aka Irish Escape
PBS/ RTE/ ABC docu drama of the Catalpa rescue. Clan na Gael's John Devoy, with the help of his friend John Boyle O'Reilly, a Fenian who had once escaped from Australia himself, planned the escape. Somehow maintaining the secrecy of the mission, the two arranged to buy and crew a whaler purchased in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the attempt. The Catalpa set out in April 1875 with most of the crew unaware of their actual mission.
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