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At a barn raising bee on Saturday, June 27, 1857, James Donnelly and Farrell fought. There are various accounts of what transpired, but in the end Farrell suffered a blow to the head from a handspike thrown by Donnelly, and died two days later. James Donnelly then went into hiding.
1880: James Donnelly complains that the Donnellys are unfairly blamed for everything. Massacre. February 3, 1880: The Vigilance Society holds a meeting in the Cedar Swamp Schoolhouse. They speak to James Feeheley and ask him to spy on the Donnellys later that night.
Massacre. When thirteen year-old Johnny O’Connor went to the Donnelly homestead on February 3, 1880, his life would be forever changed. He was supposed to spend the night so that the next day he could “feed the pigs and things” when the Donnellys went to the nearby town of Granton.
Oct 29, 2021 · The 1880 massacre that killed five Donnellys remains etched in the history of Lucan -- and Canadiana -- 140 years later. Little says his fascination with the story began as a child in the...
Described as the catalyst to the Donnelly fascination, The Black Donnellys by Thomas P. Kelley is the true and factual account of the brutal murder of James Donnelly and four members of his family near the village of Lucan, Ontario in 1880.
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The series name is taken from the nickname of the notorious Canadian Donnelly family, who participated in a violent 19th Century feud around Lucan, Ontario that ended with a home invasion and massacre.
Apr 9, 2020 · The story of the Black Donnellys has become a fabled piece of Ontario history. The Donnelly family emigrated from Ireland to the township of Lucan Biddulph in the Ontario countryside. They found...
