Soldiers of Liberty: A Study of Fenianism, 1858-1908

by Eva O Cathaoir

Based on extensive archival research, this fascinating monograph rescues from obscurity the lives of over a thousand Fenians. Fenianism railed against the depopulation of a postFamine Ireland, asserting the rights of ordinary people in defi ance of the British Empire, then oft en supported by the emergent Catholic middle class. As a tenacious conspiracy, represented in these islands by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Fenianism propagated an independent,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843517523
• ISBN13: 9781843517528
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Dimensions: 23.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"