Fenian dynamite campaign

Fenian dynamite campaign
Type	bombing campaign
Location	Great Britain
Planned by	Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Alexander Sullivan
Target	government, military, police and infrastructure
Date	1881–1885
Executed by	Irish Republican Brotherhood United Irishmen of America Clan na Gael
Outcome	(1) British government establish Special Branch in 1883. (2) O'Donovan Rossa inspires Easter Rising leaders of 1916.

(1) British government establish Special Branch in 1883.

The Fenian dynamite campaign (or Fenian bombing campaign) was a paramilitary campaign orchestrated by Irish republicans against the British Empire, between the years 1881 and 1885. The campaign was associated with Fenianism; that is to say the Irish revolutionary organisations which aimed to establish an independent Irish Republic; such as the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Fenian Brotherhood, Clan na Gael and the United Irishmen of America. The campaign, led by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and other Irishmen exiled in the United States, was a form of asymmetrical warfare and targeted infrastructure, government, military and police targets in Great Britain (particularly London). The campaign later inspired the Easter Rising of 1916 and more immediately, led to the establishment of secret police group Special Branch (originally known as the Special Irish Branch).

Whelehan, Niall (2012). The Dynamiters: Irish Nationalism and Political Violence in the Wider World, 1867-1900. Cambridge University Press.