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The word Fenian (/ ˈ f iː n i ə n /) served as an umbrella term for the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and their affiliate in the United States, the Fenian Brotherhood.They were secret political organisations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic.
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).
It was not until 1829 that the British government reluctantly conceded Catholic emancipation. Though leading to general emancipation, this process simultaneously disenfranchised the small tenants, known as 'forty shilling freeholders', who were mainly Catholics. [5] This resulted in the Irish Catholic electorate going from 216,000 voters to 37,000.
A name given to Catholics for their keeping so many holy days; marked in their almanacs with red-coloured letters. [40] Bead-rattler Anglophone countries; predominantly the United States, U.K., Canada, and Australia Roman Catholics Roman Catholic person, in reference to the Catholic ritual of praying with rosary beads. [41] [42] [43] Redneck ...
A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name and tradition, among other activities. The term refers to the various Christian denominations (for example, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and the many varieties of Protestantism).
There is a large historical literature on the Fenians, eg Comerford, The Fenians in Context and forthcoming work by M J Kelly, The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism. The Fenians were associated with political violence in the sense that they were republican revolutionaries, to a considerable extent inspired by Mazzinian and other contemporary ...
John O'Leary (23 July 1830 – 16 March 1907 [1]) was an Irish separatist and a leading Fenian.He studied both law and medicine but did not take a degree and for his involvement in the Irish Republican Brotherhood, he was imprisoned in England during the nineteenth century.
In some Protestant theology, it is a hermeneutical rule of interpreting the Bible that scripture is to interpret scripture (Sacra Scriptura sui interpres: sacred Scripture is its own interpreter). It is an understanding that enforces the Bible as the inspired Word of God, and it is therefore consistent and coherent since God cannot contradict ...