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Shows how mid-Victorian efforts to gather information about the Fenians laid the foundation for later British domestic intelligence in both Ireland and mainland Britain.
List of contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Phoenix Flame: Intelligence before the Onset of Fenian Fever
2. "The long toleration of the idiotic folly of mischievous seditionists.": Dublin Castle and the rise of Fenianism, 1860-1865
3. "This has been done by officers & gentlemen!": The Liberal Government and the First Fenian Crisis, September 1865-June 1866
4. "Their proceedings all over the world require constant watching . . .": Lord Naas and the Expansion of Intelligence, July 1866-January 1867
5. "The most loathsome necessities of government": J. J. Corydon and the Fenian Risings, February-August 1867
6. "Our friend": Esther Johnston and the Fenian Panic in Britain, August-December 1867
7. "Separate and Secret Organization": Colonel Feilding in London, December 1867-March 1868
8. "A special branch of the office to register all that passed": The "F" Department, 1868-1871
9. "Even now . . . it seems to me to be of great importance to keep an eye on it": Intelligence after the Passing of Fenian Fever, 1871-1880
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Padraic C. Kennedy
