LUCAN: Home of the Donnellys
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A series of vignettes around Lucan, a village in Ontario that has a very rich, albeit controversial, history and has generated a lot of curiosity over the years. This is where the famous massacre of five memers of the Donneslly family occurred in 1880, a crime that went unpunished. Since a number of authors have written about this piece of Canadian history, Culbert gives it a broad-brush treatment and moves on to village commerce, village life, sports, and music. This is an engaging collection of Canadiana.
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By Terry Culbert
ISBN#1-897113-31-5
ISBN#9781897113318
SECOND PRINTING
Terry Culbert's love of his Irish roots spawned this unusual look at the Irish-Canadian village which he grew up. Lucan, a half-hour north of London, Ontario, suffered a violent beginning with the massacre of five Donnelly family members in 1880. Those brutal slayings went unpunished.
The first third of this book is Donnelly related, with many stories never published before. The retired television news journalist, photograper, and artist has filled his book with dozens of illustrations and photographs.
About the Author
Terry (Terrence Patrick) Culbert was born May 13th, 1942, in London, Ontario. He is a fifth-generation Irish-Canadian. The Culbert family immigrated to Biddulph Township from Tipperary, Ireland, in 1840. At the age of eighteen, Terry left the village of Lucan to begin a forty-two-year career in television news.
Today, the father of two wonderful married daughters, Sarah Renda and Dana Johnson, Terry lives on Amherst Island at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River with his fabulous life partner Barbara Hoegenauer. The couple resides on O'Drains Bay overlooking Prince Edward County with their two Bouvier canines, Merlot, and Justin, and Babe, their feline.
Terry has been a lifelong supporter and promoter of the village of Lucan. He is donating a portion of the proceeds of each book sold to the Lucan Area Heritage Donnelly Museum.
