La Guerre Infernale, By Pierre Giffard And Albert Robida
For many people living in Western Europe during the late 19th century the defining event of the era was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871. The Second FrenchContinue Reading
Tag: The Fenians
Headquarters Of The Fenian Brotherhood Of America, New York City
In the latter half of 1865, the Fenian Brotherhood of America (FBA), the formerly clandestine Irish revolutionary organisation in the UnitedContinue Reading
The Colonist-Deniers Of Irish And British History
Speaking of that generation of academics, writers and journalists who have formed the core of what we might call the “colonist-deniers” ofContinue Reading
Lá Lúghnasa Agus Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rossa
A belated happy Lá Lúghnasa to one and all as we celebrate the traditional harvest festival marking the commencement of the third quarterContinue Reading
Google Ngram Viewer, Irish Republican Army, Fenian, Fenians
Judging by the positive reactions it seems that many of you have enjoyed my occasional posts highlighting the earliest occurrences of the term “Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, The Unconquered And Unconquerable
By anyone’s standards the Irish revolutionary Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was a remarkable human being. Born into a peasant family in theContinue Reading
An Online Fenian Archive From ASF
I’ve discussed my interest in utilising online resources for researching various historical topics a number of times on ASF, as can be seenContinue Reading
The Origins Of The Name Irish Republican Army Or IRA
Back in 2011 I wrote a short piece on the history of the terms “Irish Republican Army” and “IRA“ by conducting aContinue Reading
The Fenian Flame
For decades, or indeed centuries, the British sought to criminalise the Irish Republican cause, to portray Ireland’s revolutionary movements asContinue Reading
Ní Bóna Ná Coróin
Pádraig Ó Laoire or Patrick O’Leary was at one time a well-known member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an influential 19th centuryContinue Reading
The United States And It’s Irish Revolutionaries
Two articles from the United States exploring the Irish Republican heritage of Ireland and the US. First up is theContinue Reading
The Irish National Invincibles And The Phoenix Park Assassinations
The Irish Story features a fascinating and long overdue reappraisal of the famous Phoenix Park Assassinations, the 1882 killing ofContinue Reading
Alice Milligan – An Fíorghael
A national newspaper in Ireland carrying an article praising an Irish Republican and Revolutionary hero? Or in this case, a heroine. WhateverContinue Reading
Irish Republican Army – The History Of A Name
While many decry the growth of the internet for its allegedly deleterious effects on the absorption of information by theContinue Reading
AN SIONNACH FIONN 