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Who were the Fenians and what were there goals? How did they achieve these goals?

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Fenian was an Irish republican organization founded in the United States in 1858 by John O'Mahony, their goal was to achieve Independence from England.

They quickly attracted thousands of young supporters both in Ireland itself and America then they were able to achieve their goals.

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