After John O'Mahony (b. Co. Cork) got through translating Keatings History of Ireland from the Gaelic he published it in NY. He then founded the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States and the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Ireland under James Stephens. The Fenian Brotherhood (founded in 1857) took their name from Finn McCool and the Fianna. They rose to be a national force in American Politics and attacked Canada three times between 1866 and 1870. My great grandfather Bernard Mcnulty was a Fenian Organizer. He came to the United States in 1851 from County Tyrone. In 1865, in WI, he married Alice McPike, also of County Tyrone. I anyone wants to talk Fenians or has any connections, I would be happy to hear from you. Mike Ruddy McNulty in Tyrone Ruddy in Cork