When the Irish Invaded Canada by Christopher Klein

A frequent contributor to, Christopher has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Harvard Magazine,, and. The Irish rebels achieved the first Irish military victory over the British since 1745, made the United States a key player in Anglo-Irish affairs, and forged a transatlantic framework that proved pivotal in providing the financial and military support that decades later led to Ireland’s eventual liberation from British rule.Ĭhristopher Klein is the author of three books, including Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L.

Several of those attacks were launched from upstate New York and included many men from the local area. The book tells the incredible true story of the Irish-American Civil War veterans who undertook one of the most fantastical missions in military history, and it’s the first popular history of the Fenian Raids told from the point of view of the Fenians themselves. When the Irish Invaded Canada is a sincere and eloquent book, as Christopher Klein tells an heroic and tragic story from a more innocent, less cynical erawhen Irish Americans fought and died, not for profits and plunder, but for Irish democracy and freedom from the world’s most powerful empire. The self-proclaimed Irish Republican Army invaded Canada not just once, but five times between 18 in what are known collectively as the Fenian Raids. When the Irish Invaded Canada is a sincere and eloquent book, as Christopher Klein tells an heroic and tragic story from a more innocent, less cynical. Irish Sweat-er Run and March Family Festival Events.

Christopher Klein, When the Irish Invaded Canada.

When the Irish Invaded Canada by Christopher Klein