C)Cold and dark the (Am)morning, (G)just before the (C)sun
A (F)new day is (C)breaking, our (Dm)struggle has be(G)gone
The (C)people are to(Am)gether, (G)we shall be (C)free
Vermont's Irish Rebel
by William L. McKone
Experience the fascinating life of John Lonergan as told in the new book Vermont's Irish Rebel. The cruel Famine led to the uprising of 1848 near his home town of Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary, and his immigration as a boy to Vermont. Lonergan's dedication to the liberation of Ireland from British rule brought him into the Fenian Brotherhood, where he joined with other militant nationalists.
Lonergan formed Vermont's only ethnic military unit, the Emmet Guards, which served as Company A, 13th Vermont, in the Civil War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the Battle of Gettysburg, leading the charge of the Vermont regiments against Pickett's forces on July 3, 1863.
After the war, Lonergan joined in the Fenian invasions of Canada in 1866 and 1870. He died in 1902, before Ireland became "a nation once again," and is buried in Burlington, Vermont.
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