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It involved attacks using explosives such as dynamite on British government and civilian targets and was carried out by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, United Irishmen of America and Clan na Gael with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in Ireland.
The Clerkenwell explosion, also known as the Clerkenwell Outrage, was a bombing attack carried out by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) in London on 13 December 1867. . Members of the IRB, who were nicknamed "Fenians", exploded a bomb to try to free a member of their group who was being held on remand at Clerkenwell Pris
The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB; Irish: Bráithreachas Phoblacht na hÉireann) was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924. [1]
Seán McGarry, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1917 until 1919; Liam Mellows; Michael McHugh, father of Maureen O'Carroll [4] Denis Dowling Mulcahy; John Mulholland, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1910 to 1912; Neal O'Boyle, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1907 until 191.
The Irish National Invincibles, usually known as the Invincibles, were a militant organisation based in Ireland active from 1881 to 1883. Founded as splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood , [ 1 ] the group had a more radical agenda, and was formed with an intent to target those who implemented English policies in Ireland.
Rossa was one of the primary advocates of physical force Irish republicanism and organised the Fenian dynamite campaign, which saw Irish republican groups carry out bombing attacks in Great Britain, targeting both government and civilian targets. The campaign caused widespread outrage among the British public and Rossa was subject to a failed ...
Many men in the area served in the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (1919–21) and, unlike most of the rest of the Northern Ireland IRA, on the anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War (1922–23). Men from the area also took part in IRA campaigns in the 1940 and 1950s. [8] At the ...
Official Irish Republican Army [6] [7] Gerard Weston [7] Roman Catholic priest Aldershot England: 22 February 1972 Sydney Agnew [8] Bus conductor Belfast: Northern Ireland: 18 January 1972 Uncertain whether the Provisional Irish Republican Army or the Official Irish Republican Army. [8] Samuel Donegan [9] Inspector of the Garda Síochána