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Subject: [Montreal-Irish] D'Arcy McGee death and Patrick Doody
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 00:14:30 EST

Hi

This is from the book by T.P Slattery, They Got to Find me Guilty Yet

Re the assignation of D'Arcy McGee
Patrick Doody, is the brother of my gr gr grandmother.

This grave is on the mountain. Notre Dame de Neiges about 20 feet from D'Arcy
McGee.
On his headstone, it is written

To the memory of
Patrick Doody
age 31
who died the 8th of January 1869
from the effects of cruel and
bad treatment while confined in
Ottawa prison for seven months
on suspicion of Fenianism
Irishmen and all good Christians
pray for him
he being the first martyr in
Canada to Ireland' rights and liberties

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