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Thomas D'Arcy McGee (13 April 1825 – 7 April 1868) was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was an Irish Catholic who opposed British rule in Ireland, and was part of the Young Ireland attempts to overthrow British rule and create an independent Irish Republic.
22 kwi 2013 · Thomas D’Arcy McGee, journalist, politician, poet (born 13 April 1825 in Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland; died 7 April 1868 in Ottawa, ON). Thomas D’Arcy McGee was dedicated to the cause of Irish national liberation. This pushed him towards revolutionary anti-British doctrine in his early years.
Thomas D’Arcy McGee (ur. 13 kwietnia 1825, zm. 7 kwietnia 1868 w Ottawie) – kanadyjski dziennikarz, poeta i polityk II poł. XIX w., związany z Ontario. Był uczestnikiem konferencji w Charlottetown oraz w Quebecu. Zaliczany jest do grona Ojców Konfederacji. McGee był jedną z najbarwniejszych postaci w historii Kanady.
18 paź 2013 · It is the greatest murder mystery in Canadian political history. Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation and outspoken opponent of the Fenians, was assassinated on an Ottawa street in the early hours of Tuesday, 7 April 1868.
9 kwi 2024 · Thomas D’Arcy McGee was an Irish-Canadian writer and chief political orator of the Canadian confederation movement. An Irish patriot, McGee was associated with The Nation (1846–48), the literary organ of the Young Ireland political movement (which called for the study of Irish history and the.
The Assassination of Thomas D’Arcy McGee. In 1866, the Fenian Brotherhood, seeking to free Ireland from British rule, launched cross-border raids into Canada. McGee’s denunciation of Fenianism led many Irish immigrants to see him as a traitor. On April 7, 1868, he was shot and killed on Sparks Street in Ottawa.
When the new Dominion of Canada was less than a year old, it was rocked by its first political assassination. Father of Confederation, Thomas D'Arcy McGee was murdered on April 6, 1868. It...
