1. fenian - Noun
2. fenian - Adjective
A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland.
Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHowever, due to funding disputes within the Irish Republican Brotherhood and disagreement over payments from the IRB to Holland, the IRB stole Fenian Ram and the Holland III prototype in November 1883. Source: Internet
Pictured, "The Fenian Guy Fawkes" by John Tenniel (1867). Source: Internet
Most, if not all, of the trespassers had been Irishmen, members of an Irish nationalist group called the Fenian Brotherhood that was not only hell-bent on ending British rule, but was equally hell-bent on exacting revenge on Minor. Source: Internet
Fenian cycle Like the Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle is concerned with the deeds of Irish heroes. Source: Internet
His late trial, representations made by the American Consulate, his lack of Fenian background and political pressure all combined to save his life, though had he been tried a week earlier he would probably have been shot. Source: Internet
However, both Scotland and Ireland shared a common Gaelic culture during the period in which the poems are set, and some Fenian literature common in both countries was composed in Scotland. Source: Internet