Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa: Unrepentant Fenian

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa died on June 29, 1915, in Staten Island, New York. On hearing of his death, Tom Clarke sent a transatlantic cable from Dublin to John Devoy in New York, with the simple message: "Send his body home at once." His funeral in Glasnevin Cemetery was one of the largest political funerals in Irish history, and is now accepted as the precursor to the Easter Rising. Patrick Pearse famously declared at Rossa's graveside, "The fools, the fools, the fools! They have left us our Fenian dead! And while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace!" This long-awaited biography of a hugely significant figure in Irish history examines the life of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa. From modest origins in West Cork, he became passionately interested in national politics from an early age, founding the Phoenix National and Literary Society, which was, in fact, a subversive organization which would later merge with the newly founded Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was later arrested for his republican activities, spent hard time in the toughest of British prisons - including lengthy spells in solitary confinement - and was actually elected to the British House of Commons while still in prison. Effectively exiled to the United States, O'Donovan Rossa continued his involvement in republican organizations and set up the United Irishman newspaper. From the United States, he organized, funded, and masterminded the Fenian 'dynamite' campaign which was the first ever Irish bombing operation on British shores. He even survived an assassination attempt when he was shot in New York by an English woman so perturbed by the attacks on Britain. Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was a complex character who was both a family and a political man. This book tells his story from the earliest years to his death and funeral - a figure whose life work was dedicated to the establishment of an Irish Republic. *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO [Subject: Biography, Irish Studies, Politics, History]

Biographies & Memoirs

Kenna, Shane

Historical

Merrion Press

‘Britain in Ireland is a beast exceeding terrible; his feet and claws are of iron,’ The Invincibles In an Ireland still reeling from years of famine, with tenant farmers being evicted and left to starve for their inability to pay exorbitant rents, revolutionary fervour was growing. An inner circle of the IRB was formed, a secret assassination squad within a secret society – the Irish National Invincibles. Their mission was to strike at the heart of British Imperial power, to kill the figureheads of Ireland’s oppressors. On their way home from a triumphal parade through the city, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, two of the heads of the establishment, were set upon and stabbed to death in the Phoenix Park. These killings would shake the Empire to its core, and shape the following decades of Irish history. Table of Contents Remembering Dr Shane Kenna – Liz Gillis page 9 Introduction – Dr Ruan O’Donnell 11 1 Background to the Invincibles 15 2 The Genesis of the Invincibles 47 3 The Phoenix Park Assassinations 66 4 The Investigation 78 5 Cracks in the Conspiracy 118 THE TRIALS 5 Joe Brady 160 6 Daniel Curley 173 7 Timothy Kelly 181 8 Michael Fagan 187 9 ‘Skin the Goat’ – James Fitzharris 195 10 Thomas Caffrey &amp; Patrick Delaney 202 11 Edward O’Brien &amp; Peter Doyle 208 12 James Mullet, William Moroney &amp; Laurence Hanlon 210 13 Timothy Kelly 214 14 Joseph Mullet 230 The Executions 15 Joe Brady 242 16 Daniel Curley 248 17 Michael Fagan 254 18 Thomas Caffrey 258 19 Timothy Kelly 262 THE Aftermath 20 Carey’s Flight 270 21 The Reaction 281 22 The Execution of Patrick O’Donnell 299 Afterword – Aidan Lambert 307 Editor’s Note 309 Endnotes 311 Acknowledgements 323 Index 325

The Invincibles: The Phoenix Park Assassinations and the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire

History

Europe

The O'Brien Press

Thomas MacDonagh was drawn into the Irish Republican Brotherhood through his strong sense of social justice, becoming a member of the Provisional Government and a signatory of the 1916 Easter Proclamation. He was executed on May 3rd, 1916 in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.

Thomas MacDonagh: 16Lives

War in the Shadows: The Irish-American Fenians who Bombed Victorian Britain

The transformation from regular warfare to the strategy of a war of attrition within urban centers was an enormous development within the history of Irish Fenianism. Having its origins in the complex world of Irish-American politics, the Fenian dynamite campaign in Victorian Britain was undertaken between 1881 and 1885, and was largely a response to the failures of Fenianism in the previous decade. Involving many well-known Fenians - such as Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Thomas James Clarke, and Denis Deasy (who died in British custody following arrest for his role in the bombings) - the campaign was as innovative as it was modern and represented an increasing predilection for clockwork mechanisms on explosive devices. As author Shane Kenna describes, this was the first time in history the bomber did not need to be close to his bomb before detonation, but could set it, deposit the explosive in an urban center, and have ample time to escape before detonation. This book examines the history of those dramatic events and also the story of how the British state responded to an adversary fighting a war in the shadows. Irish bombings in Victorian Britain would capture world headlines and the public imagination. The campaign left behind a significant legacy: for the first time in British history, the Irish question would not be confined to Ireland, but would affect British urban centers and sensibilities, reaching and touching not only the political elite, but the very people themselves.

The transformation from regular warfare to the strategy of a war of attrition within urban centers was an enormous development within the history of Irish Fenianism. Having its origins in the complex world of Irish-American politics, the Fenian dynamite campaign in Victorian Britain was undertaken between 1881 and 1885, and was largely a response to the failures of Fenianism in the previous decade. Involving many well-known Fenians - such as Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Thomas James Clarke, and Denis Deasy (who died in British custody following arrest for his role in the bombings) - the campaign was as innovative as it was modern and represented an increasing predilection for clockwork mechanisms on explosive devices. As author Shane Kenna describes, this was the first time in history the bomber did not need to be close to his bomb before detonation, but could set it, deposit the explosive in an urban center, and have ample time to escape before detonation. This book examines the history of those dramatic events and also the story of how the British state responded to an adversary fighting a war in the shadows. Irish bombings in Victorian Britain would capture world headlines and the public imagination. The campaign left behind a significant legacy: for the first time in British history, the Irish question would not be confined to Ireland, but would affect British urban centers and sensibilities, reaching and touching not only the political elite, but the very people themselves.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Kenna, Shane. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Kenna, Shane

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Kenna, Shane. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa: Unrepentant Fenian

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa: Unrepentant Fenian

The Invincibles: The Phoenix Park Assassinations and the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire

Thomas MacDonagh: 16Lives

War in the Shadows: The Irish-American Fenians who Bombed Victorian Britain

War in the Shadows: The Irish-American Fenians who Bombed Victorian Britain