The Fenian Rising was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. After the suppression of the Irish People newspaper in September 1865, disaffection amo
Irish Constabulary members fire on Fenians in Tallaght, 5 March 1867 (Harper's Weekly)
Plaque in Temple Bar, Dublin commemorating two Dublin Metropolitan Police officers, shot by a Fenian splinter group on Hallowe'en 1867
Image on Fenian Bond showing Erin instructing Civil War veteran to fight for his homeland across the ocean.
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924. Its counterpart
Fenian Rising
…The Fenian Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na bhFíníní, IPA: ) was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). After the suppression of the Irish People newspaper in September 1865, disaffection among Irish radical nationalists continued to smoulder, and…
James Stephens was the founding President of the IRB and a tireless organisor for the group
John O'Mahony was amongst many Fenians who saw the American Civil War as an opportunity to gain military experience that could be used in the liberation of Ireland.