The Fenian Empire: A Hemispheric History of Irish Republican Nationalism (The Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series)

A bold new exploration of Fenian revolutionary activity across the AmericasIn the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fenian movement stood at a crossroads.Thousands of demobilized Irish soldiers held the power to reshape history.Inspired by a popular desire to expel monarchical and aristocratic influence from the New World, many American Fenians began to align their efforts to establish an independent Irish Republic with the wider aims of American republican expansion.In doing so, the Fenians' fight for Irish liberation became more than a single cause - it was a web of alliances, contradictions, and ambitions, carried out under a common banner of republicanism.In The Fenian Empire, Patrick J. Mahoney uncovers the untold story of how Fenianism intersected with race, colonialism, and internationalist solidarity across North America and the Caribbean at a time of intense political turmoil.Fueled by the cause of republican expansion, the period saw the unlikely emergence of Black Fen