Fenians
Irish nationalist brotherhood
Fenians were members of a 19th-century Irish republican organization dedicated to ending British rule in Ireland through armed rebellion.
The name comes from the Fianna, legendary Irish warriors.
In modern use, particularly in Britain and Northern Ireland, Fenian functions as a sectarian slur against Irish Catholics or Catholic nationalists: graffiti reading "Fenian scum".
The term remains deeply offensive in these contexts.
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
armed struggle · resistance · sedition · conspiracy · militant · guerrilla · subversion · agitation
Irish autonomy within Britain
- HibernianOf or from Ireland
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- oath-boundObligated by formal promise
Americans of Gaelic ancestry
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- exileBanishment from homeland
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
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uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
underground · armed struggle · resistance · sedition · conspiracy · militant · guerrilla · subversion · agitation · smuggling
Home Rule
Irish autonomy within Britain
- HibernianOf or from Ireland
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
Irish-Americans
Americans of Gaelic ancestry
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- exileBanishment from homeland
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
New York · Boston · Chicago · homeland · remittances · heritage · ancestry · Tammany Hall · fundraising · community
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- Irish DiasporaIrish immigration, Irish Americans, Irish immigrants, Irish diaspora, emigration
- Fenian CycleIrish mythological story collection