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  • noun Plural form of Fenian.

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Examples

  • The leading spirit of the Fenians is no longer termed the

    Head-Quarters of the Fenians at New York 1865

  • The Roman Catholic clergy are beginning to see that their interest lies also with the Government and the prosperity of the people; and the best way of showing the true character of the Fenians is to quote the approval of them by Mr. Train and the Americans, who in their own battles invariably put the Irish recruit "in the front." ...

    Echoes of the Week 1864

  • But from Manitoba papers and from information received from other sources, these twenty so-called Fenians, together with a less number of French halfbreeds, created alarm and confusion throughout the whole province of Manitoba, causing Lieut.

    The Fenian Invasion of 1871 Trish Short Lewis 2005

  • "In this way," she answered, bowing and smiling to his sincere compliment, "by making all the Irish Fenians, that is, those in Ireland, policemen."

    The Art of Disappearing John Talbot Smith 1889

  • He called his Fenians together, and told them how the sons of Diarmid had gone to their mother, and returned to their own homes again.

    The Book of Romance Andrew Lang 1878

  • He said he would leave it to me if he ever said anything against the Fenians, and I told him he had always claimed that the Fenians were the nicest men in the world, and it seemed to relieve him very much.

    The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 1878

  • The Fenians were the chief troops of Leinster, and were Milesians of the race of Heremon; and their renowned commander Fionn, according to the Four Masters, was slain by the cast of a javelin, or, according to others, by the shot of an arrow, at a place called _Ath Brea_, on the river Boyne, A.D.

    Ridgeway An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada Scian Dubh 1855

  • A decade later, in 1858, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB -- also known as the Fenians) was founded as a secret society dedicated to armed rebellion against the British.

    unknown title 2009

  • A decade later, in 1858, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB -- also known as the Fenians) was founded as a secret society dedicated to armed rebellion against the British.

    unknown title 2009

  • A decade later, in 1858, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB -- also known as the Fenians) was founded as a secret society dedicated to armed rebellion against the British.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] EstevaoR 2009

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