Phoenix National and Literary Society
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Phoenix National and Literary Society
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The Phoenix National and Literary Society was an 1856–1859 Irish nationalist organisation based in West Cork. It was established in Skibbereen in December 1856 by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, as a revival of the Young Ireland movement suppressed after its 1848 rebellion. Its aim was to encourage intellectuals to become nationalists and vice versa as well as to encourage a Gaelic revival. It was suppressed as seditious in 1859. O'Donovan describes the origin of the society's name in his memoirs:
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2010-06-21T19:22:49Z
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2024-08-27T05:17:54Z
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