home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1997
/
The_Epic_Interactive_Encyclopedia_97.iso
/
f
/
fenian
/
infotext
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-09-02
|
333b
|
9 lines
A member of an Irish-American republican
secret society, founded 1858 and named after
the ancient Irish legendary warrior band of
the Fianna. The collapse of the movement
began when an attempt to establish an
independent Irish republic by an uprising in
Ireland 1867 failed, as did raids into Canada
1866 and 1870, and England 1867.