He named his group after the Fianna the legendary warriors of Ancient Ireland. O’Mahony left France and settled in the US in 1853. John O’Mahony (1815-1877) was a native of Cork and was the founder of the Fenian Brotherhood in America. John O’Mahony (1815-1877) and James Stephens (1825-1901) would work together and separately to form oranisations that would actively promote Irish independence. Both fled Ireland and sought safety in France. The two most prominent Fenian organisations were established by two of the Young Irelanders involved in the rebellion of 1848. Kindle Edition.) The Fenians of the 1860’s were inspired by the Young Irelanders and rebellion of 1848. The term fenian or feniasm was “… used indiscriminately to refer to the upsurge of popular ‘nationalist’ expectation among Irish Catholics…” (Comerford, R.V., The Fenians in Context: Irish Politics and Society 1848–82 (Kindle Locations 2970-2973). Master John Fitzgerald was a cousin of old Micil Fitzgerald who lived where the late John Fitzgerald of the interviewer’s time lived. Master John Fitzgerald had the place where Paul Fitzgerald lived in 1974. For his association with this organisation he had to flee the country and never returned. Danny on the first of June 1973 interviewed Mick Gaule, of Killaspy, Slieverue who told Danny that a man known as Master John Fitzgerald, of Knockbrack, Glenmore, was a member of the Fenian Movement in 1867. Danny Dowling related that he was only aware of one person from Glenmore identified as a fenian, John Fitzgerald of Knockbrack, Glenmore. Over a month ago one of our readers in Indiana queried if there were many Glenmore Fenians who were forced to flee Ireland for their activities.
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