Canada Ireland Talks: Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Rebel, Poet, Father of Confederation

Prof. David A Wilson, biographer of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, in conversation with Councillor Joe Cressy. Born in April 1825, in Carlingford, County Louth, McGee was a rebel, participating in the Young Ireland rebellion in the 1840’s. He was also a writer, orator, poet, a participant in the Fenian movement in the USA and a Father of Canadian Confederation. He was assassinated in Ottawa in April of 1868. To discuss his extraordinary life, in the month of both his birth and his death, Canada Ireland Foundation is delighted to offer this compelling even