Fenian Brotherhood

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The Fenian Brotherhood was a 19th-century Irish republican organization based mainly in the United States that sought to secure Ireland’s independence from British rule, including through armed actions such as cross-border raids into Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican organization
revolutionary organization
basedInCity New York City
carriedOut 1866 Fenian Raid on Canada
linked to: Fenian Raids

1870 Fenian Raid on Canada
linked to: Fenian Raids

Fenian Raids into Canada
linked to: Fenian Raids
countryOfHeadquarters United States
dissolvedInPeriod late 19th century
financedBy Irish-American supporters
subscriptions and donations
foundedBy John O’Mahony
Michael Doheny
foundedInPeriod 19th century
foundedInYear 1858
goal establishment of an Irish republic
independence of Ireland
hasAlternativeName Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
hasCounterpart Irish Republican Brotherhood
hasIdeologicalGoal end of the Act of Union 1800
hasPart Fenian military units
hasPoliticalPosition anti-monarchism
republicanism
historicalRegionOfActivity Canada
Ireland
United States
ideology Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
influenced Irish revolutionary tradition
later Irish republican organizations
inspiredBy Irish Republican Brotherhood
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn United States
movement Irish independence movement
linked to: Irish nationalism
namedAfter Fianna of Irish mythology
notableEvent Fenian Raids
opposedBy British government
linked to: UK government

Canadian authorities
United States government
opposedTo British rule in Ireland
partOf Fenian movement
recruitedFrom Irish diaspora in the United States
Irish-American community
usedMethod armed struggle
cross-border raids into Canada
insurrection
usedTactic clandestine organization
paramilitary organization of volunteers

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Fenian Raids hasParticipant Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian Raids organizedBy Fenian Brotherhood
Thomas J. Clarke memberOf Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian Rising of 1867 organizer Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian Rising of 1867 participant Fenian Brotherhood
Irish Republican Brotherhood hadBranch Fenian Brotherhood
subject linked to: IRB
Clan na Gael precededBy Fenian Brotherhood
John O’Leary memberOf Fenian Brotherhood
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa memberOf Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian Ram operatorIntended Fenian Brotherhood
subject linked to: Fenian Ram submarine
Fenian Ram associatedWith Fenian Brotherhood
subject linked to: Fenian Ram submarine
Fenian Ram fundedBy Fenian Brotherhood
subject linked to: Fenian Ram submarine
Fenian movement hasAlternativeName Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian movement hasAlternativeName Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian movement hasOrganizationalBranch Fenian Brotherhood in the United States
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian Brotherhood hasAlternativeName Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Pigeon Hill, Quebec historicalEventRelatedTo Irish-American Fenian movement
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Ridgeway belligerent Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Ridgeway belligerent Irish-American Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Ridgeway combatant Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Ridgeway notableCommanderFor Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Fort Erie (1866) belligerent Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Fort Erie (1866) belligerent Irish-American Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Fort Erie (1866) opposingForce Fenian Brotherhood
Battle of Fort Erie (1866) commandedSide Fenian Brotherhood
Pigeon Hill raid perpetrator Fenian militants
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Pigeon Hill raid perpetrator Irish-American Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Campobello Island raid hasParticipant Irish-American Fenians
linked to: Fenian Brotherhood
Campobello Island raid relatedTo Fenian Brotherhood
British Army in Ireland opposedBy Fenian Brotherhood
John Boyle O'Reilly memberOf Fenian Brotherhood
subject linked to: John