The Black Donnellys - Lucan, Ontario
N 43° 14.027 W 081° 22.902
17T E 469006 N 4786847
The subtitle of this book is "The Outrageous Tale of Canada's Deadliest Feud". In February 1880, five members of the Donnelly family were killed by a mob and no one was ever convicted.
Waymark Code: WM105QH
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/03/2019
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The Donnelly family emigrated from Ireland in 1847 and established their farmstead here. A long series of events, which are well documented on many websites, led to a feud of massive proportions between the Donnelly family and members of the community, which was then the Township of Lucan-Biddulph.
Late on the evening of February 4, 1880, a mob stormed the house, killed all the occupants and set the home ablaze.
The story does not end there as the entire kept the conspiracy a complete secret. This was to the point that the police, lawyers and the judges were powerless to convict a single murderer.
The book looks at the notorious Donnelly family of Lucan, Ontario. After fleeing poverty-wracked Ireland in the 1840s, the Donnellys established themselves on stolen land in southern Ontario. The seven Donnelly boys and their father soon acquired a reputation for violence and mayhem, burning down barns and assaulting townspeople. The family seemed unstoppable, until a vigilante group decided to seek a permanent solution to their reign of terror.
ISBN Number: 1551539438
Author(s): Nate Hendley
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