THE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD

[@geek211]

I am a lover of history, and this was one of the single greatest things I have ever seen. he should think about doing a podcast of his own, or a miniseries. Just fantastic, I cannot communicate how much I loved this in words. Just stellar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More! Am I right lads?! and Lassies ;) ?

[@northside7]

That was fantastic, the volume of back stories was incredible,so much I didn't know. Thanks again Kevin, the Podcast literally gets better every episode. It's funny seeing the Irish leap out of you when you too get together.

[@bigc5630]

Theres a book, called" voyage of the catalpa", a fantastic read!

[@Skeletors_Closet]

I’m from a small but old town on the Mississippi River. Natchez, Mississippi. Give it a google. The city cemetery is a national park and has too many stories to tell here, but one of the more interesting stories are the ones about the Irish immigrants from before the War Between the States. You can find a lot of Irish headstones that were from the Southern part of Ireland, especially Cork.

[@Skeletors_Closet]

@Connor next time you are there you have to go spend a day at the cemetery. It’s a National Park and they do offer a lot of different tours

[@seegee9]

​​@Kyle Temple have you read the greg isles series? Natchez burning. One of my favourite series/authors

[@Skeletors_Closet]

@@seegee9 oh Yeah. He is prolly the most famous Natchezian. Those are great books but even as a native he misses a lot of what the social life is really like. So as a local I can spot some things that just aren’t right. But def great stories. Unfortunately Natchez has some dark history and Greg Ike’s does a lot to bring it to light. My favorites of his are his first two, they are about WW2.

[@FreeIreland32CountyRepublic]

Loyalist and Unionist bell🔚's think calling us "Fenians" is a derogatory term, it's a badge of honour.

[@rambojp73]

Agree 💯 I'm proud to be a Fenian! 🍀🇮🇪🍀👊🏻

[@rambojp73]

19th Century reply, how appropriate!! 🍀🇮🇪🍀👊🏻

[@markw5170]

And fenians think they are rebels when unionist and loyalists are the real rebels. We overthrew an English King and Crown, BACKED by the IRISH! Yes you read that right. No surrender then and No Surrender now❤

[@markw5170]

Sinn fein and the PIRA are communist and woke nutcases.

[@BSaunders3754]

Holy crap, that was one of the best podcast I’ve ever seen. As a fellow amateur historian, I have an insatiable appetite for all things history! This podcast was like “crack” to an addict for me. Mr. Owens I strongly recommend you create a “history themed” podcast about wars and battles and conflict with a heavy emphasis on obscure and unknown facts not recorded in history books. Your podcast can be called McHistory, an Irish warriors historical exploration of unknown facts surrounding conflicts, wars, and violence.

[@kevinowens9636]

That would be so much fun

[@BSaunders3754]

@@kevinowens9636 I agree! You could also integrate the podcast into your travel adventures. You can discuss obscure facts and tell anecdotal stories that are unknown or have not been discussed before (i.e. Col Joshua Chamberlin’s last ditch desperate bayonet charge at Gettysburg which prevented the south from successfully flanking the north’s far left flank). Let me know if you are looking for any idea’s and keep on doing your thing.

[@griffsolutions348]

I backpacked through Ireland in the early/mid 90's and coming from Australia knew very little, if any of their history. Fell in love with a local Irish girl & got to learn what the British did to them over time. I understand why the Irish despise the Brits, and got to see it fist hand during my stay. Was meant to stay in Belfast but only lasted 2 days there, it was way too violent for me. Thank you Kevin for putting this out there, I am sure most people have no idea about Irish history & how the republic was formed.

[@thomasnguyen5639]

This was easier to follow than the last podcast for someone new to Irish history.

[@johnd5244]

Excellent podcast again! Oisin is a wealth of history. Can’t wait for more. Thank you both for sharing with us.

[@AKsusan907]

What a great listen gentleman! Definitely enjoy hearing more. Thank you both. 🇮🇪

[@JudoTim]

Thanks lads, that was a great episode… please do more Irish history! Slainte 🇮🇪

[@robertryan2542]

Brilliant. I can't wait to hear this. From Limerick 🇮🇪

[@tombarry2523]

I learned alot today, thanks for the podcast. 👍

[@tmmccormick86]

Fantastic to see another podcast episode and it's a History one to boot!

[@Summit_Moto_Utah]

Wow, wow wow... more of these!! Do one more detailing that Australia rescue!! Fantastic... great job.

[@ciaranward4685]

Very interesting and evocative. Thank you.

[@bazduggan4042]

Iv learned more about the lRB in that video then I learned in school. Fantastic! From co. Laois.

[@MrBlart]

You guys should make this a on going series, It flows very well with great banter I think I watched both videos 2-3 times I can’t wait for more appropriate all the work you both put into it 😀

[@patrickyoung3503]

Excellent Irish history lesson for me . More of the same please I would appreciate that very much .

[@barrett2022]

Best podcast i've ever listened to. Wealth of information i've ever knew about the IRA .

[@MrHITACHI75]

Brilliant lads really enjoyed listening to this podcast. Some very interesting stories especially about the prison breakout in Western Australia, can you imagine how big that was back in the day. Bold Fenian men 🇮🇪

[@jessmcglothlin8094]

Loved this one-great listen. Nice work, Kevin and Oisin.

[@stevebillet2092]

Excellent history lesson, thank you guys. Steve

[@thisdrinkinglife]

Absolutely brilliant, Oisin is great, and has a great way of relaying the history, informative and educational, love it. New sub.

[@kevinowens9636]

Oisin is awesome indeed. Welcome to the channel.

[@keithbyrne2475]

Great podcast! I'm from Dublin, Kevin. I had an uncle who was a Sergeant in the DF during the 80's/90's.

[@bigmal1690]

As a protestant in NI, I never learned about the wider irish history until I left school and looked into myself, I did read a lot about the Troubles, I remember asking my perents and others why does them ones want to kill us, and getting a different answer everytime, nobody seemed to know, even my dad who was a cop didn't have a good answer, So when I was about 10yrs old I started to read every book about the troubles that I could get my hands on, and that started me on the path to a lover of history that I still have to this day. And I still don't know and understand how the Troubles started because I can never get my head around why people would want to kill each other over a peice of land, a different flag, a name, or a different church and political belief.

[@Ohaodhatirfothuinn]

JJ Breslin’s involvement in the Fremantle Prison Escape reads like something from a Mission Impossible movie!!😂👍🏼🍀🇮🇪 He dressed impeccably in the best suits money could buy, left huge tips in every establishment he crossed in Fremantle, spoke in a very refined manner, wined and dined on invitation with many of the elite of the small Port Town/City of the time… Smoked the best cigars money could buy and was INVITED into Fremantle Prison where he made his first contact with his boys… They call it a Rescue as they refuse to acknowledge they planned an Escape from a prison that was apparently and proudly not escapable…🤷🏻‍♂️😅 It’s a World Heritage site today, and on tours you’ve to push some Tour guides on occasions to mention the Escape… Éire is etched into and written on the walls all over old parts of the Prison!!😃👍🏼🍀🇮🇪

[@genevievedolan1288]

This would make a fantastic film, somebody should do it!

[@frankmacgabhann6935]

Rescue is correct

[@JimmyD_C172]

Thank you for all of these videos. I can't get enough of this history. My Grandfather came over from Cavan in the early 1920s and never got to talk to him about his experiences. I put Barry's book on my wishlist. Be well.

[@davidweisbach5376]

Good Lord. This is great stuff. Keep it coming. Thank you.

[@alanfox1309]

As a scot of southern Irish descent I loved that. But I was Surprised there was no mention of Wolfe Tone. but i loved it.

[@patrickliam1720]

Wolfe tone was burned in a barrel of pitch in 1798. This talk is about fenians, not the untired Irishmen of the 1798 rising. The term fenian actually wasn't in popular use until the mid 1800s

[@seandoshandy]

Great content! Belfast lad here stateside.

[@bigc5630]

This is truly great stuff, please keep the podcast going Kev!!!!!

[@ciarancassidy203]

Cheers Kevin , rally enjoyed this

[@hugmc]

I need too listen too this often because I had problems learning at school just didn’t want too listen about anything doped most school days was a expert at missing school 😊

[@michaelbishop6831]

Pure class!

[@OpaKnows]

Fascinating couple of videos. Hope you make it a regular thing.

[@AS-qy4hk]

Oisin is fantastic, I’d love to see him on more.

[@jato62]

Great great show!

[@davedriscoll1652]

Kevin, first thankyou for your service & God bless you for the Irish podcasts i loved listening to you guys. Reminds me of my dad, he was an amature Irish-American historian., and i miss hearing the stories of southwest Cork. Im a new subscriber, and am eager to hear more. God bless you from northwest Iowa, Dave Driscoll.

[@CWD2006]

This is the Best , Thanks !!!

[@SpicyAl3000]

Part 2! Fantastic :) Cheers :)

[@jimsweet3256]

This was so awesome! Thanks guys!

[@vitigaymer1053]

Great interview

[@eaomonn1215]

Fantastic podcast

[@chrisspeanburg7951]

Kevin, my great great grandfather, John Kenny ( from County Kildare ) was a member of the Fenian Brotherhood, IRB and Clan-na-Gael. He was involved in many operations from the Catalpa Rescue to the Easter Rising, pretty much spent his entire life working for Irish independence. On one of his last ops he was the IRB's secret envoy to the German government, seeking arms for the Easter Rising, that story is like something out of a John le Carré novel. Lots of deep Irish roots over here in America.

[@carolynlindstrom7232]

My great great grandfather was a member of the Fenian Brotherhood too

[@AminuteofhistoryK]

Extremely interesting good on both of you for this content. Please do more. Thank you for getting out of the box of typical podcasts. God Bless

[@rowanmcdonagh3663]

Love these conversations. As an Irish semi historian Oisin is so well read. Important listening for anyone irish never mind us or other.keep these up! Great job!

[@shortstackdale4516]

Great podcast!

[@robkenny1529]

Great coverage lads. Well done 👍🏻

[@mikewinter7697]

Please keep this going. This is very entertaining and interesting

[@Richard1A2B]

I love your explaination of how foreign forces can build up resistance by their actions, but how this can be a difficult thing to avoid 16:43. A really great podcast, very informative.... and I am Irish, living at the foot of Lugnaquilla near the Glen.

[@texdad91]

Kevin, I’m really enjoying the podcast. I’ve learned so much from this couple of discussions with Oisin. I had read a book about Michael Collins a number of years ago, and getting all this background was outstanding. I picked up War in the Shadows today. Btw, hope you guys can schedule some medical classes North Richland Hills, TX. I live down in SE Texas but would be willing to make the trip…Mike

[@Disraeli82]

Fantastic episode. Really enjoyed it.

[@_lukemills]

Been looking forward to this one for a while, thanks Kevin

[@William-Welch]

Great episode. Loved the history.

[@yukefort8402]

Great job.

[@beardly0121]

This is extremely interesting history. Thanks for this upload and I hope you lads have a happy new year!

[@DetPaddyOC]

“Glory-O, Glory-O…. To the Bold Fenian Men 🎶 “

[@ArimaKihe1]

Hey Kevin. Love your podcasts! Have you ever thought of getting James Crawley on the show? He’s Irish and ex US SF like yourself but he was part of the IRA. There’s a wonderful podcast with James English (a Scots) and they talk about his life leading up to his imprisonment

[@De_Bars_Gullible_Travels]

Kevin,I don’t know why or how you ended up on my feed,maybe because I have been watching my Irish history again,but I am so so happy you appeared… This channel is the poodles privates!!! The services you provide,I had a look at your website,are truly amazing!!! I’m Irish,from Dublin,49 and a truck driver and no real ties anymore,so I am still able to learn something new… I have always wanted to go to America,if I do,getting some training with you would be an honour!!! Thank you for these videos,amazing content!!! Go raibh maith agat mo chara ❤ 🇮🇪 ❤ 🇺🇸

[@kevinowens9636]

you're welcome ( forgot how to say it in Gaelic )

[@darrenhartigan3033]

Love this

[@wyattterrell]

Excellent

[@longtabsigo]

As a member of the Irish Diaspora, thank you! If you are in North Carolina, have you ever been to Paddy’s here in Fayetteville?

[@veecantu6915]

Excellent podcast, a topic you may want to look at sometime in the future, "El Batallón de San Patricio"

[@stonewall3745]

Fascinating

[@donfilkins298]

That was awesome!

[@UrNotThatGuyPal]

While i have no idea if this dude is right on all his history… the sheer amount of regurgitated knowledge/history is astounding. Thanks Doc/Kevin

[@danlynch8024]

This is just like sitting at the kitchen table with my Father and his friends. So much of what I was taught was just by listening at the table. Go raibh maith agat.

[@generalkrang7138]

Excellent podcast

[@brandonearly267]

Outstanding!!!

[@bryanmcdermott4204]

This was quite interesting, and the book recommendations were greatly appreciated. Also, Lucky Charms are fantastic.

[@randallpink5153]

Love the POD , you got a little echo in mic tho, i think we pounded some of the same ground in Afghanistan , FireBase TYCZ in DRW .

[@carolynlindstrom7232]

My great great grandfather was a Fenian Soldier. I have a newspaper article from the Halifax Daily Star June 12, 1939. He was being interviewed in article, and mentioned his Fenian Raid medal which he wore. John James Clancey 1842-1939 He lived a long life and had 13 kids, and my grandfather who John James took in after his parents died very young.

[@HughJC]

When I grew up in the 70s and 80s in Dublin fighting was the norm, just tough working class.

[@jimrad9525]

Shout out from country down Ireland yea weird history lovely places morne mountains good to walk

[@markt4281]

Lmao I JUST finished your last video and clicked on this. The accent is so much thicker 😂 hey, I do it too gojng from just LA to SD. Good stuff

[@silvermint2080]

Oisin please finish all pods with slan lads ha

[@MediaAttorney]

"For slavery fled, o glorious dead, when you fell in the foggy dew."

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

8:38 Many Irish came to South Africa to work the gold mines of the Transvaal. That is how my family ended up here.

[@ronkeely909]

Grandpa McKeown's family left Ireland in the 1840s and settled in Tennessee and he married a Cherokee woman.

[@EdwinYee1]

1:05:16 And no one can forget that there are a lot of boxing champions like James Braddock and Mickey Ward with Irish lineage

[@Kieran.Walsh.]

Nice 🇮🇪

[@dmike2010]

Labhraim Gaeilge..well i learned it on Duolingo...always wanted to learn it when I read about the Hunger Strikers/Bobby Sands

[@tech6263]

I think my family is from Ireland. I know. Shame on me. I’m just an American mongrel. There I said it. It has been great to hear this history lesson from my family’s history.

[@eaomonn1215]

If you feel irish you are irish my friend, welcome to the clan best regards from a fellow irish man

[@northred4930]

Ireland Unfree shall never be at peace . TAL

[@darrenhartigan3033]

Yeah only went as far as leaving certificate in education. I joined Irish army straight out of secondary school but always loved history

[@genevievedolan1288]

There is history going back thousands of years in America. Not to nitpick.

[@scottbmedic]

I believe the reason the British kept the Irish starving is when you’re suffering from malnutrition you’re to weak to revolt. The same thing goes for the people in North Korea being kept near starvation by their government.

[@jacqueline4905]

Maybe I'm on the wrong channel but we Scottish suffered too

[@eaomonn1215]

Was barry not an nco?

[@omalleyshepherd2936]

Great stuff! I’ve read s o m e Irish history, but Oisin condenses it nicely. It always seemed to me that DeValera ratfucked Collins, hiding off to NY, and getting Collins to put his signature on the treaty, then coming back to become Tesioch, but my reading hasn’t been that deep.

[@genevievedolan1288]

I have heard that said too

[@MiG2880]

In "A View of the Present State of Ireland", circulated in 1596 but not published until 1633, the English official and renowned poet Edmund Spenser wrote "They are all papists by profession but in the same so blindingly and brutishly informed that you would rather think them atheists or infidels". In a "Brief Note on Ireland," Spenser argued that "Great force must be the instrument but famine must be the means, for till Ireland be famished it cannot be subdued. . . There can be no conformity of government where is no conformity of religion. . . There can be no sound agreement between two equal contraries viz: the English and Irish". - Excerpt from Wikipedia page on 'Anti Irish Sentiment'. Please note. This was published well over two hundred years before the 'famine' (a.k.a. genocide) happened. Apparently they'd been sitting on that plan for a very long time.

[@Kieran.Walsh.]

1:05:17 That’s still very real 😂 even at about half nine pm in cork the warmups commence

[@freemindthinkerezrapound5071]

As the great freedom fighter emiliano zapata 1879-1919 said, I would rather die standing than live on my knees

[@williamsteele1409]

we don't use the brits term northern ireland its the occupied 6 counties

[@squatch2461]

🍻

[@dmike2010]

Did you see Black '47?

[@kevinowens9636]

Yes, loved it

[@dmike2010]

@@kevinowens9636 the scenes really brought to light the books i read about the Great Hunger (fyi there is a memorial in NYC near WTC) ... I wanted more of Sara Greene singing mo ghile mear

[@irishcoffee5412]

1798 was a Fenian uprising

[@derrick9635]

Ireland had the terrible misfortune to be neighbours of the British empire.

[@jacqueline4905]

HAPPY BURNS NIGHT

[@drrbrt]

One of the first and longest communist struggles in Europe.