John O'Mahony
John O'Mahony | |
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O'Mahony, c. 1865, in the garb of an officer in the Union Army | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Francis O'Mahony 1815 |
| Died | 7 February 1877 (aged 61–62) |
| Resting place | Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Union Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) |
| Battles/wars | Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 American Civil War Fenian Raids |
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John Francis O'Mahony (1815 – 7 February 1877) was an Irish scholar and the founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States, a sister organisation to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Despite coming from a reasonably wealthy family and being well educated, the primary pursuit of O'Mahoney's life was that of Irish Independence from the United Kingdom, a calling that ultimately left him in poverty. O'Mahony fought in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 as well as the American Civil War, and was involved organisationally in the Fenian Rising of 1867 in Ireland and the Fenian Raids on Canada.