
The Fenian Rising
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The Fenian Rising vividly describes the evolution of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and its American counterpart, the Fenian Brotherhood, two revolutionary organisations dedicated to overthrowing British rule in Ireland and establishing an Irish Republic. Led by James Stephens, nineteenth-century Ireland's most important revolutionary, the IRB rapidly became an increasingly serious threat which Dublin Castle struggled unsuccessfully for years to suppress. Despite Stephens's downfall in January 1867 the long-anticipated rising followed two months later.
In spite of its failure, republicans snatched political victory from the jaws of defeat when in September 1867 the execution of the Manchester Martyrs galvanised every shade of Irish nationalism. Rising from the ashes, the IRB survived to eventually become what one historian has called the most enduring and successful revolutionary secret society in Europe.
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'Michael Doheny and John O'Mahony founded the Fenian Brotherhood in America and James Stephens the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Ireland; this secret, oath-bound organisation became "the most enduring and successful revolutionary secret society in Euprope".' -- Brian Maye * <i>The Irish Times</i> *More details
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- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Birth of Fenianism
- 2 Fenianism in the Doldrums
- 3 The Two Burials of Terence Bellew McManus
- 4 Stephens and the IRB: 1861-65
- 5 Stephens, O'Mahony, the IRB and the Fenian Brotherhood: August 1864-September 1865
- 6 Lord Wodehouse and Ireland: November 1864-September 1865
- 7 The Struggle Between Dublin Castle and the IRB: 15 September 1865-December 1865
- 8 Dublin Castle: From Stephens's Escape to the Suspension of Habeas Corpus: February 1866
- 9 From the Suspension of Habeas Corpus to Lord Wodehouse's Departure: 17 February-16 July 1866
- 10 Chief Secretary Lord Naas and Conservative Government Policy in Ireland: July-December 1866
- 11 Stephens in America: May 1866-January 1867
- 12 Fenianism in England and the Descent on Chester: January-February 1867
- 13 The Countdown to the Rising
- 14 The Fenian Rising
- 15 The Manchester Martyrs
- Postscript
- Endnotes
- Sources
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