The stone that ‘smashed the van’

By Lar Joye With the failure of the invasion of Canada in 1866 and the rising of March 1867 (see HI 16.6, Nov./Dec. 2008: The Fenians—150th anniversary special), the Fenian movement moved its focus to England. Fenianism had already spread to England in the preceding years and had close associations with English working-class movements there. … Read more