Fenian movement

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The Fenian movement was a 19th-century Irish republican organization, largely based among Irish emigrants, that sought to end British rule in Ireland through revolutionary action.

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Label Occurrences
Fenian movement canonical 14
Fenianism 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican movement
revolutionary organization
emergedInCentury 19th century
hasAlternativeName Fenian Brotherhood
Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood

Irish Republican Brotherhood
hasEndTime late 19th century
hasEthnicIdentity Irish
hasGeographicFocus Canada
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
hasIdeology Irish republicanism
anti‑monarchism
republicanism
hasKeyEvent Chester Castle plot
linked to: Chester Castle

Clerkenwell explosion
Fenian Rising of 1867
Fenian raids on Canada
linked to: Fenian Raids

Manchester Martyrs incident
hasKeyFigure Charles Kickham
James Stephens
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa
John Devoy
John O’Mahony
Michael Doheny
Patrick J. W. Kelly
linked to: Patrick J. Kelly

Thomas Clarke Luby
hasLegacy symbol of militant Irish nationalism
hasMethod armed insurrection
clandestine organization
revolutionary action
hasNameOrigin Fianna of Irish mythology
hasOrganizationalBranch Fenian Brotherhood in the United States
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood

Irish Republican Brotherhood
hasPoliticalGoal end British rule in Ireland
establish an independent Irish republic
hasStartTime 1850s
hasStatus defunct
hasSupportBase Irish Americans
linked to: Irish American

Irish emigrant communities
Irish in Britain
linked to: Irish diaspora
influenced Easter Rising of 1916
linked to: Easter Rising

Irish Republican Army
Irish revolutionary nationalism
inspiredBy 1848 Irish rebellion
Young Ireland movement
opposedBy British government
linked to: UK government

Dublin Castle administration
Royal Irish Constabulary

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Referenced by (15)

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Fenian Raids partOf Fenian movement
John Boyle O'Reilly memberOf Fenian movement
Thomas J. Clarke participantIn Fenian movement
Young Ireland influenced Fenian movement
Young Ireland movement influenced Fenian movement
Irish Land War participant Fenian movement
Phoenix Park Murders relatedTo Fenian movement
James Stephens movement Fenianism
linked to: Fenian movement
Fenian Rising of 1867 partOf Fenian movement
Clan na Gael affiliatedWith Fenian movement
John O’Leary movement Fenian movement
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa movement Fenian movement
Fenian Brotherhood partOf Fenian movement
Phoenix Park murders relatedTo Fenian movement
subject linked to: Phoenix Park murders 1882
John Keegan Casey movement Fenian movement