A memorial to commemorate the Fenian Brotherhood’s invasion of Canada in 1866 was unveiled on Friday in Buffalo, New York. Political leaders and members of the Irish-American community were all on ...

In June 1866, a few hundred Irish Fenians convened in Buffalo, NY, gathered arms and ammunition and snuck across the border into Canada with the intent of claiming territory from the British ...

Had it succeeded, a 19th century attempt to force the British out of Ireland by invading Canada would be remembered as the boldest flanking maneuver in military history. As it failed, the reader must ...

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The New Brunswick Military History Museum's latest acquisition is a belated thank you for service to the country before it even existed. The museum has been given a General Service Medal, which was ...

It was in 1866 that 1,000 volunteers of the Fenian “Irish Republic Army” embarked from the Village of Black Rock to raid British army forts and supplies in British North America (now Canada), with the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Invading Canada to free Ireland: seems like a far-fetched plan, but in 1866, a group of Irish ex-pats conspired to do just that. It was supposed to be a three-prong assault, with 3,000 ...

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It’s not often that we get to see fantastic re-enactments of events that once took place in this region… in Buffalo. The reason for that is because we lost our own fort – Fort Porter. I spoke to my ...

RIDGEWAY, ONTARIO - A series of paintings, lost for nearly a century and a half, are back home in Fort Erie. They illustrate a little known but vitally important skirmish. The 23 watercolors, for all ...

Other Fenians gathered in Buffalo, New York, and on June 1, they crossed over the Niagara River into Canada while those in Chicago were held in reserve for a follow-up attack. The 600 or so who landed ...