2024-04-24T21:00:43Z https://thewildgeese.irish/video/video/listTagged?tag=Catalpa&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-08-20:6442157:Video:197885 2016-08-20T18:39:59.608Z The Wild Geese https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TheWildGeese

<a href="https://thewildgeese.irish/video/the-catalpa-rescue-aka-irish-escape"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/59811303?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>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…

<a href="https://thewildgeese.irish/video/the-catalpa-rescue-aka-irish-escape"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/59811303?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />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.