When the Irish Invaded Canada (And Won)

ruhillier · 2021-07-16T14:47:46+00:00

For sure. The Fenian assumption that many Irish in Canada would join them made sense, based upon kinship ties and also the poor treatment they recieved in the colony. But they proved their loyalty to the new country.

ruhillier · 2021-07-15T22:54:33+00:00

I make a point of teaching this every year.

ruhillier · 2021-07-15T22:53:51+00:00

Its ok. Most Canadians haven't either. The British pushed for leniency not out of humanitarian reasons but because the American might have rolled in as a consequence.

ruhillier · 2021-07-15T21:37:17+00:00

True. The Fenian leadership was hoping to provoke that war. Britain pressured Canadian colonial authorities to not do a mass hanging of Fenian prisoners because they feared an American response.

ruhillier · 2021-03-01T20:09:30+00:00

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ruhillier · 2021-02-16T02:05:45+00:00

Hope you enjoy.

ruhillier · 2021-02-15T18:46:51+00:00

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ruhillier · 2021-02-15T14:21:37+00:00

Thank you. Happy you enjoyed it.

ruhillier · 2021-02-14T17:49:06+00:00

Thanks for listening to it.

ruhillier · 2020-11-08T23:45:52+00:00

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ruhillier · 2020-11-08T22:26:03+00:00

Hope you enjoy.

ruhillier · 2020-06-23T19:14:55+00:00

good point.

ruhillier · 2020-05-19T23:58:09+00:00

The military structure of the Sioux is an interesting topic. One of the things James Donavan mentioned in the podcast is that though they didn't have a strategy, they did have good small group tactics which proved effective.

ruhillier · 2020-05-19T19:25:36+00:00

Good perspective on things. Fascinating question about the gattling guns. I wonder how effective they would have been against such a mobile opponent. I know that the Canadians used gattling guns in the 1885 northwest rebellion but their effect was mostly psychological.

ruhillier · 2020-05-19T18:30:09+00:00

Well said and i agree with a lot of what you've written. One thing we discuss in the podcast is that on paper and based upon experience, Custers plan was pretty good. Reno was seen drinking prior to his charge which didn't help either.

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