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 NERFINISHED
carriedOut 1866 Fenian Raid on Canada NERFINISHED
1870 Fenian Raid on Canada NERFINISHED
Fenian Raids into Canada NERFINISHED
countryOfHeadquarters United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolvedInPeriod late 19th century
financedBy Irish-American supporters
subscriptions and donations
foundedBy John O’Mahony NERFINISHED
Michael Doheny NERFINISHED
foundedInPeriod 19th century
foundedInYear 1858
goal establishment of an Irish republic
independence of Ireland
hasAlternativeName Fenians NERFINISHED
hasCounterpart Irish Republican Brotherhood NERFINISHED
hasIdeologicalGoal end of the Act of Union 1800
hasPart Fenian military units
hasPoliticalPosition anti-monarchism
republicanism
historicalRegionOfActivity Canada NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
ideology Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
influenced Irish revolutionary tradition
later Irish republican organizations
inspiredBy Irish Republican Brotherhood NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
movement Irish independence movement NERFINISHED
namedAfter Fianna of Irish mythology NERFINISHED
notableEvent Fenian Raids NERFINISHED
opposedBy British government NERFINISHED
Canadian authorities
United States government NERFINISHED
opposedTo British rule in Ireland NERFINISHED
partOf Fenian movement NERFINISHED
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
Thomas J. Clarke memberOf Fenian Brotherhood
Fenian Raids organizedBy Fenian Brotherhood