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Updated: Thursday, January 07, 2010. 12:27 PM
Welcome
to donnellys.com
donnellys.com
was created in 1997 for anyone interested in the Donnellys, Canada's
notorious family, that was murdered by a vigilante committee near
Lucan, Ontario, Canada, on February 4, 1880. This year marks the 129th
anniversary of the Biddulph Tragedy, as it came to be known.
It is also donnellys.com
anniversary. This web site has been online for 13 years, and is still
going strong, attracting over 600,000 visitors to date. We're happy to
be celebrating our 13th anniversary online, and wish to thank everyone
for their continued support of this web site.
Whether you're a Donnelly enthusiast, or someone finding out about the
Donnellys for the first time, this web site is for you! It offers
everything to do with the family from historical information and
photos, to books, music and videos.
We hope that you find the information on this web site useful. And that
you will encourage others to visit this site, too.
Thanks for visiting donnellys.com
today!
Enjoy your visit!
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What's NEW at
donnellys.com
Donnelly Artifacts
Loaned To Museum:
Donnelly expert and author, Ray Fazakas, has loaned a
large collection of Donnelly artifacts to The Lucan Area Heritage &
Donnelly Museum. The fascinating collection includes remnants of
shoes
worn by the Donnellys, their chamber pot, an iron, and other household
items excavated from the site of the original Donnelly home.
The museum, located at 171 Main Street, Lucan, will be unveiling the
Donnelly exhibit on May 6th, 2010.
To read more about Ray Fazakas' collection,
Click
Here!
The Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly
Museum
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Congratulations to Lucan Area
Heritage on the construction of their new building... The Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly
Museum.
Completed in Sept. 2008, the 3100 square foot building is located at
171 Main Street, Lucan, on the site of the Central Hotel that was built
around 1846, and destroyed by fire in the 1990s.
Donations Greatly
Appreciated!
If you'd like to make a donation to the museum,
please contact: Sheila Hodgins at: cshodgins@sympatico.ca
Be a part of History with your donation!
![[image] red arrow graphic](RedArrow.gif) Lucan Area Heritage has a NEW web
site:
www.donnellymuseum.com
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Donnelly Homestead Site Tours
If you're planning on visiting
the Donnelly Homestead, please remember that it is a private residence,
and not a historic site. Therefore, please call in advance to make an
appointment.
The best time to call is the early evening. For more information about
touring the Donnelly Homestead, contact Robert Salts:
Phone: 1 (519) 227-1244
E-mail:
rsalts@quadro.net
Visit
the Donnelly Homestead web page:
http://www.quadro.net/~donnelly
Homestead is open until
5:00 p.m.
It's a tour worth taking, and
one you will never forget!
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DONNELLY
Photo Gallery
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View
original photographs
of the Donnelly family!
See
Photos Here! |
| DONNELLY History |
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Donnelly
Introduction
Murder
Through The Eyes Of A Child
Death
On Whalen's Corners
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DONNELLY Family Tree
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The
Donnelly Family Tree &
Donnelly
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DONNELLY Bookshelf
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What's
on your Donnelly bookshelf? This page lists all Donnelly books to date.
Order
your copies here!
Click Here! |
DONNELLY Ghost Page
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![[image] animated Donnelly barn](AntimBarn.gif)
Is
the Donnelly Homestead haunted? You decide ... check out this popular
bone-chilling
page!
Take
a look if you dare!
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REMEMBERING OUR PAST
TO ESTABLISH OUR FUTURE!
Visit the Lucan
Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum web site:
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![[image] wanted poster graphic](wanted.gif) WANTED
Donnelly
Photos
OLD photos of
the Donnellys, the Homestead, or the Donnelly tombstone? If you do,
we'll post them on this web site. Please include your name and
town/city so that proper credit can be given. E-mail your photos to: Webmaster |
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DONNELLY
Books
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![[image] A Donnelly Treatise book cover](Treatise2.gif) A Donnelly
Treatise:
After The Massacre
by: Peter McKeown
This
206-page book is a non- fiction account that follows the lives of the
surviving members of the Donnelly family after the massacre. Read
actual testimonies from the murder trials. Find out what became of each
Donnelly... who they married, how many children they had, other
troubles that befell the family, and how, when and where they died.
Book also includes info on the fate of James Carroll and the
vigilantes.
Also available as an
eBook!
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Music |
Stompin'
Tom:
Sings Canadian History
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If you're looking for Donnelly songs that Stompin' Tom
Connors recorded... Black
Donnelly's Massacre & Jenny
Donnelly...
Look no further! You can order this CD through amazon.com
![[image] CD gif](CDMusic.gif) Order
Here!
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DONNELLY
Video
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![[image] Tragedy VHS cover](Tragedy.jpg) Tragedy:
The
Story of the Donnellys - Canada's Most Fascinating Feud
This docu-drama is based on the true story of the brutal murders of
the Donnelly family. Pick up your 60-minute DVD copy today!
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