116 The Fenians (Part One)

The Irish History Show by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney

Aug 9, 20261:11:00Society & Culture

On this episode of the Irish History Show we discussed the Fenians. The Fenians were Irish republican revolutionaries that sought to achieve the independence of Ireland from the British Empire in the second half of the 1...

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