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1881. 14 Jan 1881: A bomb exploded at a military barracks in Salford, Lancashire. [1] A young boy was killed [2] 16 Mar 1881: A bomb was found and defused in the Mansion House, London. [1] 5 May 1881: Bomb explodes at Chester Barracks, Chester. [3] 16 May 1881: Bomb attack at Liverpool police barracks. 10 June 1881: Bomb planted at Liverpool ...
After the failure of the rebellion of 1867 and of the raids on Canada in 1866 and 1870, many American Fenians were disillusioned about any campaign to counter the British presence in Ireland. However, Alfred Nobel 's 1866 invention of dynamite appeared to some members as the remedy for the ailing 'physical-force' movement.
William Mackey Lomasney (1841 – 13 December 1884) was a member of the Fenian Brotherhood and the Clan na Gael who, during the Fenian dynamite campaign organized by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, was killed in a failed attempt to dynamite London Bridge.
Pages in category "People of the Fenian dynamite campaign" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... This page was last edited on 4 October 2021
His successful infiltration of the Fenian Brotherhood and Clan na Gael aided the defence of Upper Canada from the Fenian raids and caused both the failure of the Fenian Dynamite Campaign. In an effort to protect his cover, Beach and his handlers were also complicit in blaming the deaths and arrests of Clan na Gael's dynamite bombers on Dr ...
3–4 March 2001: BBC Television Centre bombing: 10 to 20 pounds (4.5 to 9.1 kg) of high explosive had been placed in a red taxi and left near the main front door of BBC Television Centre, on Wood Lane in the White City area of West London. Just after midnight, police were attempting to carry out a controlled explosion on the bomb when it went off.
Fenian Raids: Fenian Brotherhood: 1867 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, England, and Canada: Fenian Rising: Fenian Brotherhood 1881–85 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Fenian dynamite campaign: Fenian Brotherhood 1882–83 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Dublin) and British Cape Colony
Once there, Thomas Kelly (who ousted James Stephens as head of the Irish Republican Brotherhood) sent him to England to purchase arms, but funding was hampered by Fenian divisions in the U.S. He returned to New York in 1866, and was back in Ireland at the start of 1867 for the Fenian rising (in charge of Waterford), which was a failure. [3]