Fenian dynamite campaign

Fenian dynamite campaign
Type bombing campaign
Location Great Britain
Planned by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
Alexander Sullivan
Target government, military, police and infrastructure
Date 1881–1885
Executed by Irish Republican Brotherhood
United Irishmen of America
Clan na Gael
Outcome (1) British government establish Special Branch in 1883.

(2) O'Donovan Rossa inspires Easter Rising leaders of 1916.

The Fenian dynamite campaign (or Fenian bombing campaign) took place in Great Britain from 1881 to 1885 by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), nicknamed the "Fenians", on infrastructure and government, military and police targets.

Timeline of the campaign

1881 and 1882
1883
1884
1885

See also

Further reading

Whelehan, Niall (2012). The Dynamiters: Irish Nationalism and Political Violence in the Wider World, 1867-1900. Cambridge University Press. 

References and notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Porter, Bernard. The origins of the vigilant state: the London Metropolitan Police Special Branch before the First World War. Boydell & Brewer, 1991. Pp.27-28
  2. London Metropolital Police Service - History - The Fenians
  3. London Metropolitan Police Service - History - Timeline 1870-1889

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