Timothy Deasy
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Timothy John Deasy was an Irish survivor of the Great Famine who emigrated with his family to Massachusetts in the United States. He later became an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil
A depiction of the Battle of Ridgeway in which Deasy fought
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
Timothy Deasy
…their delay tactics had brought them time, and their arrest was known amongst the Irish community in Manchester. A plan to rescue them was made by Edward O'Meagher Condon with other Manchester Fenians. On 18 September 1867, while Kelly and Deasy were being driven through the city from the courthouse with four other…
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