1) Irish revolutionary 2) Legendary Irish hero
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Fenian ən was an umbrella term for the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name Fenian was first applied by John O`Mahony to the members of the Irish republican group that he founded in the United....
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• (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland. • (a.) Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.
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member of an Irish nationalist secret society active chiefly in Ireland, the United States, and Britain, especially during the 1860s. The name ... [4 related articles]
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Fe'ni·an adjective Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.
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Fe'ni·an noun [ From the
Finians or
Fenii , the old militia of Ireland, who were so called from
Fin or
Finn ,
Fionn , or
Fingal , a popular hero of Irish traditional history.] A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishmen, having for its ai...
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A member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a 19th century revolutionary nationalist organization among the Irish in the US and Ireland. It is also an informal name used chiefly by Protestants in Northern Ireland for a Catholic.
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A term used since the late 1850s for Irish nationalists who opposed British rule in Ireland. The original Fenians were a secret organisation established about 1858 with the aim of establishing an independent Irish republic.
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Fenians, a name usually derived from Fionn or Finn, is the name given to a semi-mythical class of Irish warriors famous for their prowess.
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(feenyun) Republican or revolutionary; after Fionn Mac Cumhaill, legendary warrior; a term (of abuse, if used by Loyalists) applied to nationalists or republicans.
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A member of a 19th century Irish nationalist group. From Old Irish fené, the name of an ancient Irish people, but confused with fíann, a legendary band of warriors (OED).
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