Fenian Invasion of Canada "Here's to the Irish The Men that God made mad For all their wars are merry And all their songs are sad." - G.K. Chesterton The rise of the Fenian Movement in the United States grew from a long tradition of revolutionary movements to free Ireland from the oppressive rule of the British Imperialists. Irish who immigrated to the United States during the 1840s- 1860s were drawn to the Fenian …showed first 75 words of 3689 total…

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