john o'neill

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born March 8, 1834, County Monaghan, Ire. died Jan. 7, 1878, Omaha, Neb., U.S. Irish-born military leader of the American branch of the Fenians, a secret Irish nationalist society. He arrived in the U.S. in 1848 and settled in Tennessee, where he joined the Fenians. A supporter of its scheme to invade Canada to win Irish freedom from Britain, in 1866 he led a group of 600 men across the Niagara River and captured Fort Erie before fleeing back to the U.S. In 1870 he led a raid along the Vermont border that was repulsed; he led another raid on Manitoba in 1871. See also John O'Mahony
john o'neill

    Hyphenation

    John O'Neill

    Turkish pronunciation

    cän ōnil

    Pronunciation

    /ˈʤän ōˈnēl/ /ˈʤɑːn oʊˈniːl/
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