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Fenian
Fenian Fe"ni*an, n. [From the Finians or Fenii, the old
militia of Ireland, who were so called from Fin or Finn,
Fionn, or Fingal, a popular hero of Irish traditional
history.]
A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of
Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule
in ireland.
Fenian
Fenian Fe"ni*an, a.
Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.
Meaning of Fenian from wikipedia
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Fenian (/ˈfiːniən/)
served as an
umbrella term for the
Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and
their affiliate in the
United States, the
Fenian Brotherhood...
- The
Fenian raids were a
series of
incursions carried out by the
Fenian Brotherhood, an
Irish republican organization based in the
United States, on military...
- Look up
Fenian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Fenian may
refer to:
Fenians:
fraternal organisations dedicated to the
establishment of an independent...
- The
Fenian Brotherhood (Irish: Bráithreachas na bhFíníní) was an
Irish republican organisation founded in the
United States in 1858 by John O'****ny and...
- The
Fenian Cycle (/ˈfiːniən/),
Fianna Cycle or Finn
Cycle (Irish: an Fhiannaíocht) is a body of
early Irish literature focusing on the
exploits of the...
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Fenian Ram is a
submarine designed by John
Philip Holland for use by the
Fenian Brotherhood, the
American counterpart to the
Irish Republican Brotherhood...
- The
Fenian Rising of 1867 (Irish: Éirí
Amach na bhFíníní, 1867, IPA: [ˈeːɾʲiː əˈmˠax n̪ˠə ˈvʲiːnʲiːnʲiː]) was a
rebellion against British rule in Ireland...
- The
Fenian dynamite campaign (also
known as the
Fenian bombing campaign) was a
campaign of
political violence orchestrated by
Irish republican paramilitary...
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initially the
Fenian Brotherhood, but from the 1870s it was Clan na Gael. The
members of both
wings of the
movement are
often referred to as "
Fenians". The IRB...
- The
Catalpa rescue was the escape, on 17–19
April 1876, of six
Irish Fenian prisoners from the
Convict Establishment (now
Fremantle Prison), a British...
