#fenian

[revoltedstates]

Mugshot of Denis F. Burke, former Colonel of the 88th New York (part of the Irish Brigade), while he was imprisoned at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin for aiding the Fenian movement against British rule in Ireland.

#american #history #irish #ireland #fenian #rebel #rebellion #mugshot #19th century #1860s #irish brigade #new york #dublin #union #federal

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1928 – The last active Fenian, John Devoy, dies in Atlantic City, NJ.

Fenian, John Devoy, whom the London Times called ‘the most dangerous enemy of this country Ireland has produced since Wolfe Tone’. John Devoy was born in Kill, Co Kildare, on the 3 September 1842. He worked for a short time as a clerk before joining the Fenian organisation. In 1861 Devoy travelled to France where he enlisted in the Foreign Legion and spent a year in Algeria learning the skills of…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Anglo-Irish Treaty #Éamon De Valera #Charles Stewart Parnell #Clan Na Gael #Co. Kildare #Cuba Five #Daniel F. Cohalan #Fenian #Fremantle Prison #Friends of Irish Freedom #Germans #Irish History #Irish-American #John Devoy #Kill #ohn Boyle O&039;Reilly #Padraig Pearse #Roger Casement #Sinn Fein #The Catalpa

[bandiera--rossa]

“They think that they have pacified Ireland. They think that they have purchased half of us and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything, think that they have provided against everything.

But the fools, oh, the fools! They have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace”.

Patrick Pearse - in his famous speech at the graveside of the militant Fenian O’ Donovan Rossa at Glasnesvin Cemetery in Dublin, in 1915.

#Patrick Pearse #irish Republican Brotherhood #irish republicanism #irish free state #Fenian

[faerendipitious]

Mornings with Fenian

You laid in your large bed, silk sheets smooth on your skin with the finest quilt over your body. You let out a slight moan as sunlight started to sneak through your closed eyelids. 

“Good morning my angel.” A voice whispered in her ear. You felt lips press against your neck, not letting stopping even when you started to sit up. The lips traveled down further until they reached your chest, just stopping where your night gown covered more intimate areas. 

You looked down at the head of dark hair that was nuzzled against your chest and looked up at you, violet eyes filled with adoration and obsession. 

You chose to ignore it in favor of the food in front of you. 

Fenian noticed where your attention was and began to display his offering to you. “My angel, I lowered myself to below my position to make this delicious breakfast for you! I spent hours slaving away like a mere commoner, tirelessly perfecting every measurement, every minute in the oven, just for you!” He theatrically performed, even going as far to throw his body over your lap and place his hand over his forehead.

Are those sparkles coming from him?

However, his performance caused the bed to bounce. You watched with tired eyes as the breakfast in your bed shook and fell onto your expensive quilts. 

…

The silence in the room was deafening, your face blank. 

Fenian leaned up off your body and let out a nervous laugh. “Haha..oh. We’ll get the maids to make you something else! In the meantime…” He trailed off, grabbing your hands and pulling you out of the bed. He stood behind you and slipped one of the straps off your shoulders, fingers sensually stroking your shoulder. “I ran you a bath.” He purred in your ear, hands reached for your chest, only backing off when you smacked them and walked towards your bathroom. 

You entered your personal bath and looked into your large mirror, the annoyance on your face was palpable. You let out a sigh and shook your body. “It’s to early to get this riled up, you have a long day don’t let this ruin your mood.” You spoke to yourself, becoming less tense and shedding your clothes to step into the warm bath. 

You leaned against the bath wall and closed your eyes, the bath soaks leaving a pleasant scent in the bathroom. Your body relaxed almost instantly and a smile slowly crept onto your face. 

“This is nice.”

“Do you really think so my angel?”

Your eyes snapped open and you turned your eyes to meet purple ones shining with happiness of getting your approval. Your eyes trailed lower to see a naked chest, naked waist, and a trail of dark hair going beneath the water. The bathroom temperature seems to have risen as well. 

Fenian's breathing got heavier and he inched closer to you, fingers tilting your chin back up so you’re making eye contact. His eyes flicked down to your lips and he leaned closer, lips puckering and eyes closing. 

You turned your head at last second, his lips meeting your cheek. Your eyebrows furrowed and you sniffed the air. “Don’t tell me you did what I think you did.” You whispered, knowing he can hear you. 

“What are you talking about dear?” He feigned innocence, lips still pressed against your face. 

“The aphrodisiac is my bath, Fenian!” Your voice rose with anger, shoving his face and body away from you. He slipped and fell into the water, quickly coming up and spluttering and moving his hair from out his face. 

He fumbled and tripped over his words “O-oh! There’s an aphrodisiac in the bath? Why I didn’t even notice, it must’ve slipped in you know how all the bottles look the sa..” His words faded on his lips and he whimpered, eyes locked on your bare body and not even noticing the swell of magic in the room.

“Fenian.”

“Yes darling?”

“Get out.”

He looked up at your annoyed expression and gave you puppy eyes. “Not even a little handjob?”

“OUT!”

An invisible force overcame the naked man’s body and threw him out of the bathroom, him landing on the food covered bed. 

The door to your bedroom opened and three maids gaped at the man, who they typically see in a violent or intimidating setting, wet and covered in food on your bed. 

Fenian quickly covered himself with the blanket and gave them a harsh glare. “You speak nothing about this.”

“Yes Master Fenian!” They squeaked and averted their eyes. 

#fluff #villainess #fantasy #reader #yandere x reader #fenian #romance #he was banned from being in her rooms in the morning #obsessive #potions

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

From the genuis that brought us the come out ye black and tans remix for the queen's death- another remix for 10 years of Thatcher being dead

(I'm only 2 months late finding this).

#folk song #politics #remix #irish independence #irish reunification #fenian #foggy dew #Youtube

[victusinveritas]

From Hark! A Vagrant.

#hark a vagrant #fenian #canada

[oldcurrencyexchange]

Fenian Bonds: O'Mahony Issue, $500 (Robert Emmet & Lord Edward Fitzgerald)

Date: 1866 Fenian Bond 500 Dollars Unissued O’Mahony Description: Issued between 1866 and 1867, these are the first type of Fenian Bond from this period, entitled ‘The National Bond for the Irish Republic’ and signed by O’Mahony. The $500 Bond featured vignettes of Robert Emmet and Lord Edward Fitzgerald Printed by Continental Bank Note Printing Company, New York Size: 18 x 27.5cm Serial…

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#$500 #$500 bond certificate #$500 fenian bond #fenian #fenian bond #fenian bond certificate #five hundred dollars #irish republic #lord edward fitzgerald #national bond #o&039;mahony #o&039;mahony issue #o&039;mahony signature #robert emmet #theobald wolfe tone #twenty dollars

[lindaseccaspina]

William Fitzpatrick-- Carleton Place Fenian Soldier -- Clippings and Information

NameWilliam FitzpatrickSexMaleAge11 yearsEvent Date1851 CensusEvent PlaceNepean, Carleton, Ontario, CanadaEvent Place (Original)Nepean, Carleton County, Canada West (Ontario)Sub-DistrictNepeanSub-District Number31District Number4Event TypeCensusBirth Date1840Birth Year (Estimated)1840BirthplaceCarleton PlaceLine Number3Page Number87 DetailSource NameWilliam FitzpatrickGenderMaleBaptism…

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#bells corners #carleton place and beckwith heritage museum #Carleton-Place #fenian #fenians #Fitzpatrick #History #Lanark-County #ontario #soldier #The Carleton Place Rifle Company #William Fitzpatrick

[alternativeulster]

more people need to know about irish mythology. it's just balls to the walls insane. if you thought greek mythology was wild let me introduce you to:

nessa and her 12 gay dads

queen medb cheating on everything and everyone, starting a war over a cow, ruining innumerable lives and then getting killed by cheese

fionn gets raised by 2 random lesbians

fionn kills a guy for stealing his girlfriend, drops the magic healing water several times on purpose

oisín goes to live in the immortal fairy land with his immortal fairy wife, misses ireland, comes back to visit, falls off his horse and fucking dies (may or may not have gotten in a fight with saint patrick before dying)

fuck them kids, they're swans now

guy accidentally gets job of "being the king's dog" at age 5, changes name to dog

#irish mythology #ulster cycle #fenian cycle #connacht cycle #fionn mac cumhaill #cú chulainn

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1831 – Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa is born in Rosscarbery, Co Cork.

Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was born in a small village called Reenascreena near Rosscarbery, Co Cork. He was the son of a tenant farmer, Denis O’Donovan and his wife Nellie O’Driscoll. While a young boy, the failure of the main food crop of the Irish population which was the potato, in successive years between 1845 and 1847 led to a devastating hunger which hit the West Cork area in which he lived,…

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#Co. Cork #Dublin #Fenian #Funeral Oration #Glasnevin Cemetery #Glasnevin Trust #Jeremiah O&039;Donovan Rossa #John Devoy #National Graves Association #Nationalist #NY #Padraig Pearse #Reenascreena #Rosscarbery #St. Vincent’s Hospital #Staten Island #Tom Clarke

[abdus-sattar-tuhin]

As the saying goes, first the philosopher, then the judge. So you need to keep your body language positive at all times. #speker #salesman #motivation #model #canva #astuhinbm #bodylanguage #positivity #positivequotes #positive #positiveattitude #coxsbazar #fenian #photography #photo #stylish @_burakdeniz #burakdeniz #আব্দুস_সাত্তার_তুহিন https://www.instagram.com/p/CdAn6h-B93E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#speker #salesman #motivation #model #canva #astuhinbm #bodylanguage #positivity #positivequotes #positive #positiveattitude #coxsbazar #fenian #photography #photo #stylish #burakdeniz #আব

[midnight-in-town]

Let's talk about the "Fenian brotherhood" theory !! :D

Firstly, in case you don't know about it, please go read the theory that our!Ciel's birth name might be Fenian/Fionn/Finnian by @azuresins. It is incredibly relevant to what I'm about to explain next !

TBH, I don't really care about discovering our!Ciel's birth name. However, I truly enjoy this theory and I think it makes a lot of sense, because I absolutely agree with the idea of Vincent supporting (secretly or not) Irish independence, turning him into a political enemy of Queen Victoria...

...which could be very much why he ended up dead.

This theory comes from a private convo with my friend, @dorkshadows and I'll sum up their thoughts (and some of mine) below the cut !

First of all, while we think Claudia, Vincent's predecessor, may have been a personal enemy of Victoria because of whatever happened when Albert died in 1861, Vincent strikes us more as a political enemy precisely because of Brown's comment in ch108.

After all, if our!Ciel, who just managed to thwart their plans of getting the sulin gas, is "more like his father everyday", then it makes sense that Vincent "got in the way" of some of Victoria & JB's war/political plans too. >_>

Now, about the Fenian Cycle book: it was an important symbol for Irish independence and the Fenian Brotherhood that started in the 19th century before it got dissolved in 1880. To quote Wikipedia:

"The Fenian Brotherhood traced their origins back to 1790s, in the rebellion, seeking an end to British rule in Ireland initially for self-government and then the establishment of an Irish Republic. The rebellion was suppressed, but the principles of the United Irishmen were to have a powerful influence on the course of Irish history."

But how would Vincent even get involved with it and why?

In the theory that OC's name is Fenian/Finnian, @azuresins mentioned that maybe it's all related to Cedric K. Ros having Celtic origins. Since we do have one sketch by Yana of one twin bringing the Fenian Cycle book to the Undertaker (the most likely candidate for Cedric K. Ros)...

...it might indeed be a partial answer.

There is another possibility though, entirely thought by @dorkshadows, which is that Rachel (and Ann) might have been of Irish origins too.

After all, a common stereotype for Irish people in many stories is red hair and it's hard to forget that it was a very distinctive characteristic of Ann, Rachel's sister !

In fact, one of their first interactions is Vincent telling Ann to be proud of that hair, which we were told she inherited from her dad, the twins' maternal grandfather.

So Vincent might have not just been talking about Ann's hair color in that scene, but more specifically about her taking more pride in her Irish origins. Obviously though, Dalles/Durless aren't very Irish names, but it is possible that their original family name got anglicized into a more traditionally English name.

In any case, Vincent met Rachel and Ann after already knowing their father :

So it's possible that Vincent was, as the Watchdog, investigating Lord Durless as a nobleman with Irish lineage and possible ally of the Fenian Brotherhood. After all, to quote this article, "the Fenians in England and the British Empire were a major threat to political stability". Then Vincent met and fell in love with Rachel, thus deciding to support the Brotherhood instead.

I'd add that Vincent supporting such a cause simply makes sense, considering that the Phantomhive family, too, might have been burdened by the Watchdog's duty generations ago, because of their "different" lineage (full theory here). On top of that, if you add the possibility that Cedric/UT also was of Celtic origins (many decades or centuries ago) and that Vincent knew Claudia's death was Victoria's fault, it only makes sense that he'd eventually politically antagonize the Queen (both for his parents' sake and for Rachel's).

@dorkshadows also pointed out that, to this day, we don't know if the twins' maternal grandfather is alive or dead in canon : he was important enough to be mentioned in Red's flashback but has been missing from the narrative ever since. Timeline-wise, he could be dead, especially since we never saw him in the Blue Memory arc (our!Ciel's flasback), but we never know with Yana (look at Claudia being hinted in panels ever since the circus arc and probably being incredibly relevant), so it's worth keeping in mind.

Then, moving on to ch132 we know that, when the twins were born, Rachel is the one who named them.

Coincidentally (read: it's probably not a coincidence xD), ch132 had the cover with Vincent reading the Fenian Cycle book to the twins and it's also the chapter in which Vicar Rathbone casually says that one twin/both twins (it's deliberately ambiguous in Japanese) have a name that is "rare for England" :

Many fans, myself included, thought that "Ciel" was the name being discussed there, but maybe they were actually talking about our!Ciel's celtic birth name ! To quote @azuresins, in that case that'd basically mean that, in that scene above, "Vincent said to an ENGLISH PRIEST [...] that people of Celtic origin deserved freedom, and to be treated better and that it probably was soon to come".

No wonder that Vicar Rathbone would immediately change the topic lmao ! xD

Vicar Rathbone be like

It is also very meaningful that Rachel decided to give the "Fionn/Fenian/Finnian" name to our!Ciel ("the spare"), as if to emphasize that he was free to make his own path in life, as the second son, unburdened by earldom. Choosing such a meaningful name might even be a parallel to Vincent's own situation with Frances as his spare, since both also have names with a meaning relating to victory and freedom.

Another important detail, as @azuresins already explained here, is that Fenian Cycle is also a tale of revenge and that our!Ciel parallels Fionn big deal, making it all even more relevant. And maybe Yana left other hints in her artworks too...

Finally, historically the Fenian Brotherhood officially got dissolved around 1880 (the twins were 5 years old), but it's always possible that, in Kuroverse, Vincent managed to make it thrive secretly as the Watchdog. The Fenian Brotherhood caused several incidents, including after 1880 (they assassinated a British Chief Secretary in 1882), so it wouldn't be impossible that the Queen eventually found out that Vincent didn't properly take care of them, because he was supporting them.

And when she found out? Well, she branded Vincent a political enemy and we know the rest (the household was massacred in 1885 and the killer most likely received help from real!Ciel, more details in the real!Ciel mastermind theory hehe).

The idea that Vincent ultimately became a political enemy of Victoria because he fell in love with Rachel makes their death...

...even more emotional to me, since Rachel probably died trying to protect Vincent. T_T

TL;DR that's the Fenian Brotherhood theory: because they supported an Irish rebellious group that wanted freedom, Vincent & Rachel were branded political enemies of Victoria and she & JB plotted their deaths, which led in happenstance to the RCMT.

(friendly reminder that the twins are 7, when Vincent asked Dee to look after them should he die)

I hope it was clear ! Thanks for reading. :))

#kuroshitsuji #vincent phantomhive #ciel phantomhive #rachel phantomhive #angelina durless #madam red #cedric k. ros #finnian #kuro132 #fenian brotherhood theory #ciel's real name #kuroshitsuji theory #dorkshadows #my analysis #blue memory arc

[azuresins]

Something I've been working on for an embarrassingly long time. In addition to cleaning up 'The Fenian Cycle' Book from the manga, I also wanted to put my own spin on Yana's design with additions relating to the mythos, as well as some more details. The goal is to make this into a physical book, eventually.

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #The Fenian Cycle #Ciel Phantomhive #yana toboso #Just in time for today 🍀

[pyrepostings]

imagining a defiant interrogation whumpee who gets sick of saying "I'm not telling you" so they start going into what sounds initially to be them finally telling whumper what they want to know, but ends up being whumpee wasting time by just quoting a song.

#pyreprompts #whump prompt #I have a scene or two for Kevin specifically #'Why have I taken up arms against you you ask? Well #I was walking down by island bridge #Just rambling about- going as I please #That day was warm and there was such a gentle breeze #It was the month of April I believe #I strolled up by the monument then laid down in the grass #Then I heard a soldiers voice behind me. It said #Meet me at the pillar son meet me there at noon. I need you brave young Irishmen there's something we must do... #He said his name was Padraig Pearce and he just kept on calling me' #Meet me at the pillar is such a good song even if extremely call to action #But that's just been my vibe so youknow #Doesn't even have to be an interrogation really #'So what's with the red hair and green eyes combo? Isn't that a little on the nose for a fenian?' #'Well first off- it has been incredibly difficult to hide while trying to cross boarders you're right #Secondly that's just kinda what happens when you have a county cork mother and an ulsterman father. #It's just a horrid color problem I've been left with- this orange and green.' #I imagine Kevin specifically would take it as a challenge to 1. See how obscure a rebel song he can pull up and #2. See how long it takes for the other guy to notice not a word he is saying is actually true or relevant #The exact scenes I'm imaging are in a au idk if I'll ever actually post publicly #But I might write them as him messing around with Zander #I still need to post something with Zander maybe this will be it

[unganseylike]

#human mór and new fenian as her muppet boy toy #altho i think it wld hilarious if in trc declan is so awkwardly only human #then in tdt he has big reveal that aurora wasnt his mother #and we meet mór and shes so clearly also the only human. like how did no one realize #i still love only human hennessy with muppet clones #carmen being her uptight self in world of muppets #human bryde being like u are made of dreams and this world is not for u to silly muppet ronan #polls

[foxleycrow]

The Salmon of Knowledge (An Bradán Feasa) from Irish mythology. Pen drawing.

#salmon of knowledge #salmon #fish #irish mythology #fenian cycle #illustration #artists on tumblr #mythology #fish art