The Irish-American Fenian Invasion of Canada 1866

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 movement as these were people who had seen first hand the effects of 19th century British Imperialistic rule on their homeland. The prim…