of When the Irish Invaded Canada drops the reader in the middle of the firefight. In the Battle of Ridgeway, which is depicted in the colorized lithograph on the front cover of the book, Colonel John O’Neill led an Irish army to a victory over forces from the British Empire for the first time since 1745. However, they did have some stunning successes, and perhaps their high-water mark came on June 2, 1866, outside the small Ontario village of Ridgeway, 20 miles south of Niagara Falls. I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler alert to let you know the IRA’s best-laid plans did not come to fruition.
The self-proclaimed Irish Republican Army attacked Canada not just once, but five times between 18. Klein applied the “ Test” to When the Irish Invaded Canada and reported the following: When the Irish Invaded Canada is the true story of how a band of refugees from Ireland’s Great Hunger fought on both sides of the Civil War and undertook one of the most fantastical missions in military history-to hold the British colony of Canada hostage and ransom it for Ireland’s independence. Christopher Klein is the author of four books, including When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland’s Freedom and Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L.
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