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Michael Scanlan (10 November 1833 – 6 March 1917) was an Irish nationalist, editor, poet and writer. Known as the "Fenian poet" or the "poet laureate of American Fenianism", [1] he was the author of a number of Irish ballads such as the "Bold Fenian Men" and "The Jackets Green".
[2] [3] The pagans are Caílte mac Rónáin, Finn's nephew, and Oisín, Finn's son, both members of the famous warrior band, the fianna. [2] For most of the narrative Caílte is the more important informant of the two, regaling Patrick with tales of Finn and his men and explaining place names they encounter in the manner of dindsenchas narratives.
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. When I was a young girl, their marching and drilling Awoke in the glenside sounds awesome and thrilling They loved dear old Ireland, to die they were willing Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. Some died by the glenside, some died near a stranger And wise men have told us their cause was a failure
The Fenian Brotherhood (Irish: Bráithreachas na bhFíníní) was an Irish republican organisation founded in the United States in 1858 by John O'Mahony and Michael Doheny. [1] [2] It was a precursor to Clan na Gael, a sister organisation to the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). Members were commonly known as "Fenians".
The Fenian Cycle (/ ˈ f iː n i ə n /), Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle (Irish: an Fhiannaíocht [1]) is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warrior band the Fianna.
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A fían (plural fíana or fianna) was a small band of roving hunter-warriors. [2] It was made up of landless young men of free birth, often young aristocrats, [3] "who had left fosterage but had not yet inherited the property needed to settle down as full landowning members of the túath". [4]