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<p> An Irish political organisation having for its object the overthrow of English rule in [[Ireland]] and the establishment of a republic there. The movement was initiated in the United States soon after the great famine in Ireland of 1846-47, which, together with the harsh exactions of the landlords, compelled many Irishmen to emigrate from their island with a deeply-rooted sense of injustice and hatred of the English. The [[Fenians]] organised themselves so far on the model of a republic, having a senate at the head, with a virtual president called the "head-centre," and various "circles" established in many parts of the U.S. They collected funds and engaged in military drill, and sent agents to Ireland and England. An invasion of [[Canada]] in 1866 and a rising at home in 1867 proved abortive, as also the attack on [[Clerkenwell]] [[Prison]] in the same year. Another attempt on Canada in 1871 and the formation of the <i> Skirmishing Fund </i> for the use of the <i> Dyna mitards </i> and the institution of the <i> Clan-na-Gael </i> leading to the "Invincibles," and the [[Phoenix]] Park murders are later manifestations of this movement. The Home Rule and Land [[League]] movements practically superseded the Fenian. The name is taken from an ancient military organisation called the Fionna Eirinn, said to have been instituted in Ireland in 300 B.C. </p>

<p> An Irish political organisation having for its object the overthrow of English rule in [[Ireland]] and the establishment of a republic there. The movement was initiated in the United States soon after the great famine in Ireland of 1846-47, which, together with the harsh exactions of the landlords, compelled many Irishmen to emigrate from their island with a deeply-rooted sense of injustice and hatred of the English. The [[Fenians]] organised themselves so far on the model of a republic, having a senate at the head, with a virtual president called the "head-centre," and various "circles" established in many parts of the U.S. They collected funds and engaged in military drill, and sent agents to Ireland and England. An invasion of [[Canada]] in 1866 and a rising at home in 1867 proved abortive, as also the attack on [[Clerkenwell]] [[Prison]] in the same year. Another attempt on Canada in 1871 and the formation of the <i> Skirmishing Fund </i> for the use of the <i> Dyna mitards </i> and the institution of the <i> Clan-na-Gael </i> leading to the "Invincibles," and the [[Phoenix]] Park murders are later manifestations of this movement. The Home Rule and Land [[League]] movements practically superseded the Fenian. The name is taken from an ancient military organisation called the Fionna Eirinn, said to have been instituted in Ireland in 300 B.C. </p>

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<ref name="term_73057"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fenians Fenians from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>

<ref name="term_73057"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fenians Fenians from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>

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