All Discussions Tagged 'Thomas' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T07:15:08Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Thomas&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThomas D’Arcy McGee – Irish Rebel Turned Fenian Opponenttag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-14:6442157:Topic:168922013-04-14T18:18:02.765ZJoe Gannonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JoeGannon
<p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/ThomasDArcyMcGee.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" height="352" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/ThomasDArcyMcGee.jpg?width=250" width="226"></img></a> <span class="font-size-2">Good article here from the <em>Toronto Globe and Mail</em> on the controversial Thomas D'Arcy McGee.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/thomas-darcy-mcgee-the-man-who-saw-beyond-confederation/article11142650/?cmpid=rss1" target="_blank">Thomas D’Arcy McGee – the man who saw beyond…</a></span></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/ThomasDArcyMcGee.jpg"><img class="align-left" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/ThomasDArcyMcGee.jpg?width=250" height="352" width="226"/></a><span class="font-size-2">Good article here from the <em>Toronto Globe and Mail</em> on the controversial Thomas D'Arcy McGee.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/thomas-darcy-mcgee-the-man-who-saw-beyond-confederation/article11142650/?cmpid=rss1" target="_blank">Thomas D’Arcy McGee – the man who saw beyond Confederation</a></span></p>
<div class="column-2 gridcol"><blockquote><p><span class="font-size-2">On April 7, 1868, Thomas D’Arcy McGee was assassinated on the doorstep of his boarding house in Ottawa. In his short, turbulent life – he was just shy of his 43rd birthday – he accomplished more than most men could ever imagine.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">He wrote serious history and a multitude of poems, delivered hundreds of speeches, edited newspapers, was elected to Parliament not long after arriving in Canada from Ireland, defended the interests of Irish Canadians as he saw those interests and, in the last great battles of his life, fought for Confederation and against the extremism of the Irish Fenians, who sought the liberation of Ireland by all means, including violence.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2">The article mentions a two volume set of books on McGee by David A. Wilson. They are available on Amazon here:</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0773533575/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thewildgeeset-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0773533575&adid=14MERYAHR5XXPT012BWW" target="_blank">Vol. 1: Thomas D'Arcy McGee: Passion, Reason, and Politics, 1825-1857</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0773539034/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thewildgeeset-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0773539034&adid=1JNBAP6DFD72ZVF7CHD1" target="_blank">Vol. 2: The Extreme Moderate, 1857-1868</a></span></p>
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