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Forgotten Irish Hero, Richard Montgomery

MarchDub · 2009-07-29 20:02:17

I was pleased to see this article in the Irish Times recently about Richard Montgomery. For awhile I lived in Montgomery, MD. There are many such places in the USA named after him, where he is not forgotten. The Fenians weren't the first Irishmen to attack Canada!…

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29-07-2009 9:02pm

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I was pleased to see this article in the Irish Times recently about Richard Montgomery. For awhile I lived in Montgomery, MD. There are many such places in the USA named after him, where he is not forgotten.

The Fenians weren't the first Irishmen to attack Canada!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0714/1224250637876.html

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#2 30-07-2009 12:23am
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Excellent link, cheers.

This could explain the Canada thing . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYSYipouABI

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