‘To get up an anti-Fenian society in this country’: Ribbonism and republicanism in Ulster, 1850-1867.
Rival forms of popular Irish nationalism in 19th century Ulster. By Kerron Ó Luain Founded in Dublin and New York on …
The Fenians: An Overview
On the 150th anniversary of the Fenian Rebellion of 1867, John Dorney gives an overview of the Fenian movement. The word ‘Fenian’ …
Book Review: ‘War in the Shadows: The Irish-American Fenians who bombed Victorian Britain’
Title: War In The Shadows: The Irish-Americans Who Bombed Victorian Britain Author: Shane Kenna ISBN: 978-1-90892-802-3 Price: €24.95 (Cheaper from the publisher’s …
‘One skilled scientist is worth an army’ – The Fenian Dynamite campaign 1881-85
Shane Kenna delves into the background of the Fenian bombing campaign in England in the 1880s. What they aspire to and what …
John Boyle O’Reilly and the 1870 Fenian Invasion Of Canada
In the second piece on John Boyle O’Reilly, Ian Kenneally looks some more at Boyle O’Reilly’s role during the invasion of Canada …
The Fenian Invasion Of Canada, 1866
Ian Kenneally the author of From The Earth, A Cry: the story of John Boyle O’Reilly published by The Collins Press writes about the Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866.
Today in Irish History –The Fenian Rebellion, March 5, 1867
John Dorney on the abortive republican insurrection of 1867. Very early on the morning of March 5th 1867, many thousands of young …