The Irish constabulary also, are claimed by the Fenian leaders; and if the startling tales that individual members of the Brotherhood tell us are true, the achievement of Irish independence will ...

The silly Fenians are condemned out of their own months, or rather, they have scribbled treason to a very serious extent, in their communications with one another. An Irish jury hates to look at ...

That November, the Fenian Brotherhood of America held its first convention in the fraternal organization’s hall at Randolph and Wells streets. Delegates from Irish American communities in North ...

These Fenians organized secret cells in cities and towns across America and Ireland in the late 1850s, and began selling bonds and raising funds. During the American Civil War, many of these ...

The Great Hunger: 1M dead, 2M fled, & Fenians invading Canada for Ireland is where it led. The Great Hunger, or the potato famine, devastated Ireland, causing 1 million deaths and driving two ...

On June 1, 1866, the Irish Fenian raid of Canada launched. A three-pronged invasion with the goal of capturing Quebec and making it the seat of the Irish Republic-in-exile. In the sleepy town of ...

Others have referred to it as an “anti-colonial edition”, linking it to the 19th-century Fenian Brotherhood, a group that opposed British rule in Ireland. Speaking to The Irish News ...

The Irish Republican Brotherhood, founded by James Stephens and John O’Mahony in 1858, and its American auxiliary, the Fenian Brotherhood, aimed to revive nationalist self-confidence ...

Suffice to say that the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States, and the secret Irish Republican Brotherhood (“IRB”) in Ireland, were founded concurrently in 1858 by two fugitives from the ...

This is the New York Times account, published on July 26, 1865, reporting on the massive Fenian Irish picnic was hosted at Jones Wood, a huge expanse of parkland between 65th and 75th Street on ...

Hartford, Worcester Fenians ladies vs. Hartford, and Ireland vs. USA men – and Worcester Fenians men’s hurling vs. Hartford. “People know about (Gaelic football and hurling), but don’t ...