Show scheme of irish irish americans was a movement of irish and irish americans to separate ireland from great britain and I 1 form it into an independent republic the first of the fenian leaders ers james stephens failing to create an uprising in munster came to the united states to form a union of irish who had left their country following the famine of 1847 and with john organized the movement on this side of the atlantic I 1 after the close of the civil war which cast thousands of irishmen adrift notes a writer in the indianapolis news fenian societies so named from a gaelic title were formed rapidly in many cities in the united states and an invasion of canada known as the fenian raid was planned and partially carried out in 1866 between and men crossed the niagara river on june 1 but were driven back many of them being arrested by the united states authorities other attempts which were made during the year were checked before the men could leave the american side of the boundary line on I 1 may 25 1870 however a small fe nian force crossed the frontier at trout river in the province of quebec only to be driven back by canadian volunteers effective measures later were taken to quell the activities of the feniane Fen ians because of the accompanying threat to ameri can british relations and the movement passed into obscurity i |