04/09/2026
☘️ LIVERPOOL FENIAN COMMEMORATION — TOMORROW ☘️
Ahead of tomorrow’s Fenian Commemoration at Ford Cemetery, it’s worth remembering some of the men whose names are inscribed on the Liverpool Fenian Monument.
Research into the lives of those commemorated has uncovered fascinating connections to the Fenian movement across Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham.
Patrick O’Hanlon was a Liverpool woollen draper whose thriving business prospects were sacrificed for the Irish cause. He was also a member of the Liverpool Confederate Club alongside Terence Bellew MacManus and was arrested during the 1848 round-up.
Patrick Scally, a bookbinder from Salford, was arrested in 1865 for his involvement in the Fenian movement.
James Murphy was a prominent Fenian associated with Liverpool. His paint shop was raided during an investigation into Fenian activity, leading to the arrest of a young Tom Clarke — who would later become one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising. Murphy is also recorded as representing the North of England on the IRB Supreme Council.
William Hogan was arrested in Birmingham in 1867 and accused of obtaining revolvers used in the Manchester prison van rescue. He later became involved in organising gunrunning and was described as a Head Centre in Birmingham. Following his death, he was buried at Ford Cemetery, with many prominent Liverpool nationalists attending his funeral.
These are just four of the 16 men commemorated on the Fenian Monument.
Their stories are part of the history of Liverpool's Irish community and of the wider Fenian movement — stories that deserve to be remembered and researched for generations to come.
Tomorrow we gather at the monument to honour their memory.
📍 Fenian Monument, Ford Cemetery, Liverpool
🗓️ Saturday 5 September
⏰ 1:00pm
All welcome.
🇮🇪☘️ Remember the Fenians of Liverpool.
