The Irish in Canada Podcast

The Irish in Canada Podcast


Episode 5 - The Gowans

October 26, 2022

Ogle Gowan was an Orangeman, a politician, a journalist, a rabble-rouser, and the illegitimate son of one of Co. Wexford’s most notorious anti-Catholics.  His use of violence to achieve political ends in Upper Canada made him a hero to some, and a villain