The term "Fenian" was created by my g-g-granduncle Col John O'Mahony, founder of the IRB, taken from the Irish word "Fianna," to describe those in opposition to foreign rule and willing to fight it; your article suggests it was a term of mockery used by Republican opponents. You are mistaken. My direct ancestor was leader of the Cork Land League in its struggle in the "Kingston Estate Episode," which historians describe as the event that broke the back of landlordism in Ireland; his statue stands in The Square in Mitchelstown; the plinth has the names of the three men shot dead when they came to arrest John Mandeville; twenty-three others were wounded, in the crowd of over 15,000 there to oppose his arrest. Unfortunately, the British murdered him by starving him in his two-month stay in Tullamore Gaol. My ancestors are likely spinning in their graves seeing how this country is being destroyed by more foreign occupation. I was brought up as a physical-force Republican, and I know we can't rid ourselves of these cowards and traitors without a fight. God Save Ireland.
Interesting, I was looking in newspaper archives and it was written in a piece published in the 60s, that 'Fenian' was a mocking term. I stand corrected then. Thanks for reading
Thanks for responding without insulting me, and I get that a lot. My grand-uncle, Conor Cronin, (Cornelius, which is my middle name, or Nelius as he was known) is buried in the Republican Plot in St Finbarr's Cemetery, along with eight other Republicans who died on active service, at the front entrance. He contracted TB in the hills of Tipperary, fighting the evil Free State. Michael Collins, by the way, betrayed Ireland by signing the Partition Treaty without authority to do so, sparking a civil war. He must have been compromised while in England, somehow. My Republican friends in Dublin told me Gerry Adams was a mole, decades ago. Whatever happened to the GFA? It's of no force or effect, but let's pretend, here on Fantasy Ireland. Most people don't realize this is NOT the "Republic of Ireland:" this is IRELAND, as the nameplate at the UN states; the ROI nonsense is to appease the intransigent apartheid settlers in NI, who are angered by the inclusivity of "IRELAND." They're quite happy with the status quo ante of the GFA. As Richard D Hall always says, "Don't believe anything you read, and only half of what you see."
The term "Fenian" was created by my g-g-granduncle Col John O'Mahony, founder of the IRB, taken from the Irish word "Fianna," to describe those in opposition to foreign rule and willing to fight it; your article suggests it was a term of mockery used by Republican opponents. You are mistaken. My direct ancestor was leader of the Cork Land League in its struggle in the "Kingston Estate Episode," which historians describe as the event that broke the back of landlordism in Ireland; his statue stands in The Square in Mitchelstown; the plinth has the names of the three men shot dead when they came to arrest John Mandeville; twenty-three others were wounded, in the crowd of over 15,000 there to oppose his arrest. Unfortunately, the British murdered him by starving him in his two-month stay in Tullamore Gaol. My ancestors are likely spinning in their graves seeing how this country is being destroyed by more foreign occupation. I was brought up as a physical-force Republican, and I know we can't rid ourselves of these cowards and traitors without a fight. God Save Ireland.
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Interesting, I was looking in newspaper archives and it was written in a piece published in the 60s, that 'Fenian' was a mocking term. I stand corrected then. Thanks for reading
Thanks for responding without insulting me, and I get that a lot. My grand-uncle, Conor Cronin, (Cornelius, which is my middle name, or Nelius as he was known) is buried in the Republican Plot in St Finbarr's Cemetery, along with eight other Republicans who died on active service, at the front entrance. He contracted TB in the hills of Tipperary, fighting the evil Free State. Michael Collins, by the way, betrayed Ireland by signing the Partition Treaty without authority to do so, sparking a civil war. He must have been compromised while in England, somehow. My Republican friends in Dublin told me Gerry Adams was a mole, decades ago. Whatever happened to the GFA? It's of no force or effect, but let's pretend, here on Fantasy Ireland. Most people don't realize this is NOT the "Republic of Ireland:" this is IRELAND, as the nameplate at the UN states; the ROI nonsense is to appease the intransigent apartheid settlers in NI, who are angered by the inclusivity of "IRELAND." They're quite happy with the status quo ante of the GFA. As Richard D Hall always says, "Don't believe anything you read, and only half of what you see."