The Irish in Canada Podcast

The Irish in Canada Podcast


Episode 1 - Benjamin Lett: "The Rob Roy of Upper Canada"

March 07, 2024

When the Brock Monument exploded at Queenston Heights on 17 April 1840, the colonial authorities quickly decided upon the identity of the guilty culprit: the notorious Irishman, Benjamin Lett. A follower of William Lyon Mackenzie, Ben Lett unleashed a ca