Fenian

[Sarah]

A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly ofIrishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule inireland.

[Sarah]

yet another slang word used to piss catholics off in northern ireland.prods use it alot in everyday slabbering matches

[Sarah]

Currently used as a derogatory name for a Roman Catholic/Republican when in fact it is a compliment.

[Sarah]

A person or persons who wear Glasgow celtic tops, bum fluff mustaches and smell quite badly.

[Sarah]

Originally American Branch of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the term came to be associated with the entire movement. Founded in the 1850s, the aim of the organisation was the establishment of an Irish Republic independent of British rule. They led a failed rebellion in Ireland in 1867, and were also known for carrying out raids on British interests in Canada.

The term has become associated with support for the Irish republican movement, in latter times with support for the provisional IRA in Northern Ireland.

3.Also used by ignorant Northern Ireland protestants/ Unionists (judging by other posts here with no idea of its origin) as derogatory term for Irish Catholics/ Nationalists.

[Sarah]

A more common word for a Catholic, similar to taig. Mainly used in Northern Ireland and Scotland

[Sarah]

Fenian Manifesto

During the middle of the 19th Century, a series of factors combined to create a new Irish patriotic movement. This organization was a revolutionary group dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland. It had its roots in both the United States and Ireland and was popularly known as The Fenian Movement, in honour of the Fianna, the ancient Irish warriors.

The origin of the term Fenian comes from Irish folklore. It described an ancient group of Knights who were self-reliant and had a passion for Irish land. So great was their passion according to the legend, they gave up a chance for world dominion to keep Ireland. This fit very closely with the beliefs of the modern movement and was taken as the organization name.

Times were hard for the Irish, and had been since England took control of the land. In the middle of the 1840's, however, things got much worse. The potato famine of 1845-1848 was a great disaster to the Irish population. In the space of three short years, the inhabitants of the country declined by over two million souls. Some of these two million people immigrated to America while most starved to death or died of disease.

After the famine ended, times remained very hard for the Irish. They never completely recovered from the disaster and many more Irish immigrated to America during the 1850's. Most of these people were of a very strong patriotic belief in their home country, and only left because they had to survive.

[Sarah]

Contrary to common belief, fenian is not a random slang word for catholics, before the ira, there was the fenian brotherhood, fenian being gaelic for brave young warrior, when a british army person was apprehending a member, they used the term, you

[Sarah]

Fenian: A word originally used to describe an Irish Warrior. However, it is now mainly used as a derogatory slang term to offend Catholics living in Northern Ireland. The word is used by the Protestant community in Northern Ireland mainly, however it is also common in the Protestant community of Scotland. The word is the Celtic word that was used to describe Warriors in Ireland and farmers.

[Sarah]

A word that describes Irish Catholics, or Irish American Catholics, who are mostly Irish Republican, native to Ireland, and are Catholic. Fenian can be used as a slur to insult an Irish Catholic for their struggles in the Troubles in Northern Ireland, being discriminated against by the Loyalist Protestants who hated Irish Catholics.

[Sonia]

Derogatory term used to offend Roman Catholics.Normally used by protestants whom do not know enough about their own history to make a fair judgement . They will say that Catholics are smelly , ugly etc.They will blame them for he [IRA] etc terrorist groups .The IRA fought for Irish republicans against the British army who treated them as second class citizens merely because they are of a different faith. If you look close enough the faiths are practically the same the only main differences are that Catholics believe more of the books of the bible. All in all it was the British [armies] fault.If they had not attacked the [republic of Ireland] the IRA etc would not have started therefore no 600 year war resulting in thousands of deaths.

[Monty]

A thief , [mugger] , [shoplifter]
from the latin , [Fenius] ( to steal )