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Fenians, Freedmen, and Southern Whites: Race and Nationality in the Era of Reconstruction (2010) Stanford, Jane. That Irishman: The Life and Times of John O'Connor Power, The History Press Ireland, Dublin 2011, ISBN 978-1-84588-698-1; Steward, Patrick, and Bryan McGowan. The Fenians: Irish Rebellion in the North Atlantic World, 1858–1876.
Fenians conducted a raid into Canada on 25 May 1870. Canadian soldiers, acting on information supplied by Thomas Miller Beach , anticipated and turned back the attack at Eccles Hill . In the Battle of Trout River , Canadians replused a Fenian raid on 27 May 1870 outside of Huntingdon, Quebec , near the international border about 20 kilometres ...
Fenians of West Tipperary [2] Dwyer and Mcallister Memorial Baltinglass: Co. Wicklow: Michael Dwyer and Sam McAllister [3] Charleville Memorial Charleville Co. Cork: General war memorial [4] National Memorial Cork: Co. Cork: General war memorial; features a statue of Peter O'Neill Crowley [5] James Mountain Memorial Cork: Co. Cork: Young ...
The Fenians in Context: Irish Politics and Society, 1848–82 (Wolfhound Press, 1985) D'Arcy, William. The Fenian Movement in the United States, 1858–86 (Catholic University of America Press, 1947) Jenkins, Brian. Fenians and Anglo-American Relations during Reconstruction (Cornell University Press, 1969).
Papers relating to O'Donovan Rossa and the Fenians are housed in the Archives of The Catholic University of America, American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives, Washington, D.C.
29 March 1883: Fenians Denis Deasy, Timothy Featherstone and Patsy Flanagan are arrested while police in County Cork raid the homes and businesses of associates of Deasy and Flanagan. [3] 28 May 1883: Future Easter Rising leader Tom Clarke is sentenced to penal servitude for life. [3] 11 June 1883: Gallagher Trials begin. [3]
Thinking the Fenians were gone, Canadian volunteers turned back upriver to secure the village of Fort Erie and deny them an escape route. A company of the Welland Field Battery landed without difficulty, capturing around 59 of the Fenian soldiers.
The three Fenians, who were later executed, were remembered as the "Manchester Martyrs." [13] On the same day of November 1867, Ricard O'Sullivan Burke, who had been employed by the Fenians to purchase arms in Birmingham, was arrested and imprisoned in Clerkenwell Prison in London. In December, whilst he was awaiting trial a wall of the prison ...