Michael Doheny

Michael Doheny
Born(1805-05-22)22 May 1805
Brookhill, near Fethard, County Tipperary
Died1 April 1862(1862-04-01) (aged 56)
New York City, United States
AllegianceYoung Ireland
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Battles/warsYoung Irelander Rebellion of 1848
Fenian Rising

Michael Doheny (22 May 1805 – 1 April 1862[1]) was an Irish writer, lawyer, member of the Young Ireland movement, and co-founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an Irish secret society which would go on to launch the Fenian Raids on Canada, Fenian Rising of 1867, and the Easter Rising of 1916, each of which was an attempt to bring about Irish Independence from Britain.

  1. ^ Some references give 1862: Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1862. p. 664.

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