The Fenians

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The Fianna
The Fenian Movement
Prominent Fenians
Fenian Violence
Ulster, Protestants and the Orange Order
The Catholic Church
Other Resources



The Fianna

Fianna Timeless Myths
Fianna Wikipedia
The Legend of the Fianna Baby Names of Ireland
The Fianna BBC

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The Fenian Movement

The Fenian Movement Irelands Eye
The Fenian Movement History Learning Site
The Fenian Movement w3perl
Irish Republican Brotherhood Triskelle
Irish Republican Brotherhood Wikipedia
The Fenian Brotherhood Collection Aladin
Fenian Brotherhood Wikipedia
A Brief History of the Fenian Brotherhood ~mruddy at Rootsweb
17th March 1858: The Fenian Brotherhood Channel Four
Transatlantic migration 1858 - 1870: The present state of Ireland' and Fenianism Origins Network
Fenians encyclopedia.jrank.org
The Politics of Irish Literature: The Agony of Fenianism Astonisher
The Fenians' place in Irish history fenians-nky

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Prominent Fenians

James Stephens Wikipedia
James Stephens Cork University
James Stephens American Library
John O'Mahony Wikipedia
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Wikipedia
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa healthcliffiam at geocities
Terence MacManus Wikipedia
John Devoy Wikipedia
John Devoy (1842 - 1928) Searc's Web
John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom The Wild Geese
Charles Kickham Cork University
Colonel Thomas J Kelly ~mruddy at Rootsweb
Colonel Thomas J Kelly Wikipedia
James Mountain, Cork's first Fenian James Mountain at Tripod

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Fenian Violence

The Fenian Raid and Battle of Ridgeway June 1 - 3 1866 University at Buffalo
'The Green Flag will be flying independently' (McManus funeral, 1866 attack on Canada) BBC
The Fenian Raid 1865, 1866 and 1870 Lincoln & Welland Museum
The Fenian Raid 1866 Queen's Own Rifles
Transatlantic Fenians and the Politics of Place: Irish-American Insurgents and the London Dynamite War UC Santa Barbara
The Fenian Plot of 1867 Chester Wiki
13th February 1867: Fenians raid Chester Castle Channel Four
A demonstration on Chester Rootsweb
The 'New Draper' and its involvement in the 1867 Rising Mighty Seas
Fenian Rising Triskelle
Fenian Rising Wikipedia
The Fenian Rising 1867 Fame of Tipperary Group.
'God Save Ireland!' (The 1867 Rising) BBC
The Manchester Martyrs d.a.ratcliffe at ntlworld
Manchester Martyrs Wikipedia
The Manchester Martyrs by James Connolly, 1915 marxists.org
The Manchester Martyrs of 1867: The 'Irish Question' in England Athens Aegean
The Fenians and the IRA Metropolitan Police

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Ulster, Protestants and the Orange Order

Protestant Revivalism Wikipedia
Post-famine Protestantism Cork University
Sectarianism Cork University
Fighting like the devil for the sake of God: Protestants, Catholics, and the origins of violence in Belfast, 1850 - 1865 (Dissertation, can be downloaded) Boston College
William and the Orange Order BBC
Orange Order Tiscali Encyclopedia
Unionists Wikipedia

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The Catholic Church

Paul Cullen Cork University
Paul Cullen New Advent
Paul Cardinal Cullen Wikipedia

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Other Resources

Fenian Wikipedia
Ireland 1852 - 1868 Peel Web
What is Irish Republicanism? Workers' Liberty
Mazzini and Irish Nationalism The British Academy
The Fenian Oath Rootsweb
The Fenians: Civil War Harper's Weekly, October 28th, 1865 Son of the South
The Tenant Right League Wikipedia
'My Life in Two Hemispheres, Voll II' by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy: 'The League with Ulster' From Ireland
Extract from 'The Young Irelanders' by T.F. O'Sullivan From Ireland
Whose Abbey Theatre? (See Section Two for funeral of Terence MacManus) California Digital Library
The Days of March, by James Connolly marxists.org
Glimpses into the 19th Century Broadside Ballad Trade: Barrett and other Fenians Mustrad
Gustave Paul Cluseret Wikipedia



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