He was a prominent nationalist and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood for whom he went to the United States in 1896. He then went to South Africa where he fought against the British in the ...

Given international turbulence, the unique diplomatic opportunities offered by the national day have taken on added significance ...

Founded in 1858, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) (or the Fenian movement, as it was also known) was a transatlantic movement dedicated to the overthrow of the British state in Ireland. Fuelled ...

Gerry Adams, president of the staunchly pro-Irish Sinn Fein party, called on the Irish Republican Army to being disarming in an effort to save the teetering Northern Ireland Assembly. The ...

Patrick Rankin was born in Newry in 1889. A painter by trade, he became a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) in 1907 "after two years on the waiting list." We all slept the sleep of ...

They often refer to themselves as “Republican Hoods” and their fans as “Fenians” – a term for the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Irish band Kneecap performed a free gig to a jam-packed Federation ...