4000 x 4444 px | 33,9 x 37,6 cm | 13,3 x 14,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
Juli 2009
Ort:
Beechmount Avenue, Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Weitere Informationen:
The name Fianna Éireann, also written Fianna na hÉireann and Na Fianna Éireann (Irish: "Soldiery of Ireland" or "Warriors' of Ireland", named after the mythological Fianna), has been used by various Irish republican youth movements throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. "Fianna na hEireann" [sic] is currently on the list of terrorist groups proscribed in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act (2000).Fianna Eireann, organised as a youth hurling league, for boys and girls, existed in West Belfast c1903. This was the brainchild of Bulmer Hobson, a member of the Quaker organisation and a committed IRB member. Hobson relocated to Dublin and the organisation collapsed in Belfast. In Dublin, Hobson became acquainted with Constance Markievicz, Helena Moloney and others, who were all members of the newly founded Sinn Fein. They were members of the Drumcondra branch. Hobson told Markievicz of his Belfast experiment and the seed was sown with her. With Helena Moloney and Sean McGarry, Markievicz and Hobson soon had an opportunity of recreating a new Fianna Eireann.Prior to the setting up of Na Fianna in Dublin in 1909, it has now transpired that Lord Baden Powell sought the assistance of Padraig MacPiarais in setting up a branch of his Boy Scouts in Dublin.
