Talk:Fenian
... in earlier times have been drawn the Fenians, would now have been drawn to the ... 00:12, 24 July 2005 (UTC) The Fenians There is a large historical literature on the Fenians, eg Comerford, The Fenians in Context and forthcoming work by M ... The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism. The Fenians were associated with political violence in ...
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Fenian Brotherhood
... Republican Brotherhood. Members were commonly known as "Fenians". The revolutionary secret society was founded by ... Province of Canada. Before the invasion, the Fenians had received some intelligence from like minded ... anyways by sympathetic officers. To get the Fenians out of the area, both in the ... US government purchased rail tickets for the Fenians to return to their homes if the ... complete as the attempt of 1866. The Fenians under O'Neill's command crossed ...
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Fenian raids
... and sympathy for the aims of the Fenians. A lot of the Irish, particularly the ... fiercely loyal to Britain and fought the Fenians. While the U.S. authorities arrested the ... of Fort Erie (1866) In 1866, the Fenians had split into two factions, with the ... by O'Mahony failed, the senate faction Fenians hatched their own plan for an invasion ... on 2 June 1866. Several hundred other Fenians (Canadian sources claim up to 3, ...
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Military history of Canada
... force, but by an organization called the Fenians. This was a group of Irish-Americans ... British occupiers of their Irish homeland. The fenians had also, to a large degree, incorrectly ... war. Thus, while deeply concerned about the Fenians, the US government, led by Secretary of ... generally ignored the Fenian organizing efforts. The Fenians were allowed to openly organize and arm ... war with Britain, and intervened when the Fenians threatened to endanger American neutrality. The ...
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John Boyle O'Reilly
... Republican Brotherhood, then commonly known as the Fenians, a secret society of rebels dedicated to ... his energies to the recruitment of more Fenians within his regiment, bringing in up to ... 80 new members. By late 1865, the Fenians had become such a large and popular ... records, and gathered evidence from informers. Many Fenians were arrested, including O'Reilly (see Fenian ... na Gael might rescue the six military Fenians still serving time in Western Australia. ...
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Battle of Ridgeway
... of the Canadians wore green uniforms; the Fenians were actually positioned behind a fence). Date ... irregular army of Irish-American invaders, the Fenians. It was the largest skirmish of the ... the last weeks of May 1866. The Fenians had made little attempt at secrecy, and ... to defend against the impending invasion. The Fenians night-marched north across Frenchman's Creek ... one to three hours of battle. The Fenians soon fell back to Fort Erie. ...
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Irish Republican Brotherhood
... Its members often referred to themselves as "Fenians". Its counterpart in the United States of ... of subsidiary committees and affiliated clubs. The Fenians were soon found in Australia, South America ... such as London, Manchester, and Glasgow. The Fenians had more trouble gaining the support of ... enough, nor eternity long enough" for the Fenians. It would be a few years after ... suppressed, and several of the more prominent Fenians were sentenced to terms of penal ...
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Catalpa rescue
... been issued to many of the imprisoned Fenians. Another round of pardons were issued in ... which only a small group of military Fenians remained in Western Australia's penal system ... dispatched a whaleboat to the shore. Six Fenians - Thomas Darragh, Martin Hogan, Michael Harrington, Thomas ... armies after being exiled from Ireland. The Fenians transported to Western Australia adopted the phrase ... Take care of the rest of your Fenians Or the Yankees will steal them ...
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Hougoumont (ship)
... 1867. About 17 of these were military Fenians. The transportation of political prisoners contravened the ... in Western Australia. The fact that military Fenians were transported was also highly unusual, given ... to transport military prisoners. The presence of Fenians amongst the convicts meant that there were ... about the voyage were later written by Fenians who went on to become journalists, such ... during the voyage a number of the Fenians entertained themselves by producing seven editions ...
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Fenian Rising
... the Irish Republican Brotherhood, popularly known as Fenians. After the suppression of the Irish People ... Edward O'Meaher Condon with other Manchester Fenians; on September 18, while Kelly and Deasy ... courthouse, the prison van was attacked by Fenians armed with revolvers, and in the scuffle ... Burke, who had been employed by the Fenians to purchase arms in Birmingham, was arrested ... on ticket-of-leave, in 1877, the Fenians were nothing like the threat they ...
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