Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (died 1868)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Canadian Father of Confederation (1825–1868)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was an Irish Catholic who opposed British rule in Ireland, and was part of the Young Ireland attempts to overthrow British rule and…