Irish Struggle for Freedom : Landmark Events

Irish Struggle for Freedom : Landmark Events Ireland was inhabited by Celts from about the sixth century B.C. English invasions began in the twelfth century under Henry II, although the whole of Ireland was not conquered until the time of the Tudors. Revolts against English rule had led to English and Scottish families being settled...

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Irish Republican Brotherhood : America and Canada

Irish Republican Brotherhood : American and Canada The word Fenian is derived from the old Irish ‘féne’ the name of an ancient Irish people. Fenians were members of the most important nineteenth century covert revolutionary nationalist organisation the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).  It derived some of its inspiration from the United Irishmen of the 1790s....

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