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In the midst of the feuds and famine of Tipperary, Ireland in 1846,
Jim Donnelly and Johannah McGee fall passionately in love. She is
the beautiful daughter of an affluent estate manager, he the
rebellious son of dispossessed peasants. With her father's men in
pursuit and a sizable price on Jim's head, they board a ship set
for Canada to start a new life and put the troubles of the old
country behind them. Thousands of miles away in rural Ontario, they
find the feuds and vendettas of Ireland are very much alive. Jim
must make a place for his young family not just with his back, but
with his fists. Fifteen years later, the Donnelly family have
become one of the most powerful in Lucan Township, loved by some
and hated by others. Jim and Johannah's sons are notorious as both
fighters and lovers and torment the townspeople, swinging
shillelaghs, burning barns and seducing daughters. But certain
citizens of Lucan have had enough. At midnight on February 3, 1880,
a mob of thirty armed men in women's clothing and carnival masks
ride out for the Donnelly farm. Sustained by whisky and the
blessings of the local priest, their goal is to wipe the Donnelly
family from the face of the earth. Yet there is an eye witness and
during the trial that follows, it becomes clear that in small town
Ontario of the late 1800s, order is valued above truth. Eventful
and conveyed with cinematic detail, Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys
is an engaging and historically enlightening read.
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