Edward O'Meagher Condon
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Edward O'Meagher Condon was an Irish nationalist and Fenian who fought in the American Civil War and attempted to participate in the Fenian Rising of 1867 in Ireland. After the Fenian Rising failed, I
O'Meagher Condon was brought into Fenanism by John O'Mahony following a meeting in New York City
Thomas J. Kelly
Charles Francis Adams Sr. was able to intervene in O'Meagher Condon's case and influence the British to commute his sentence
Larkin, Allin and O'Brien were executed for their role in the O'Kelly and Deasy rescue
Charles Brett was a police sergeant from Manchester, England. In 1867, he was shot dead in an ambush on the locked police carriage transporting the Fenians Thomas J. Kelly and Timothy Deasy; he was th
Edward O'Meagher Condon
…40 revolvers that surrounded the van. Most of the unarmed police officers quickly fled the scene, but in the haste to open the van, Police Sergeant Charles Brett (who was inside the van and refused to open it) was killed. In doing so, Brett became one of the first Manchester police officers ever killed on duty…
Brett in the 1860s
Three Manchester Martyrs of 1867; Left to right: Larkin, Allan, Michael O'Brien