To mark the birth and death of John Devoy an annual commemorative event is held in Naas every September. This year it will feature John Devoy\u2019s chair which has been transported from the United States. It was donated to Kildare County Council\/Kildare County Archives by Frank MacGabhann, grandnephew of Alice Comiskey and Lily Carragher who cared for John Devoy in his later years up to his death in 1928.<\/p>\n
Please see below a list of links to various online resources related to John Devoy, including his papers which were deposited in the National Library of Ireland by his executor, Alice Comiskey.\u00a0 There is also a list of publications which can be found via the library catalogue.<\/p>\n
John Devoy, rebel, Fenian and patriot was born in Kill, County Kildare, on 3 September 1842. He orchestrated the daring escape from custody of James Stephens, swore British soldiers into the ranks of the Fenian movement, was arrested, tried for treason and imprisoned in England. Eventually exiled to the United States, he dedicated his life to Ireland. \u00a0In his adopted home he founded Clann na Gael, engineered the escape of Fenian prisoners from Australia, worked with Davitt and Parnell during the Land War, and forged close links with the Irish Republican Brotherhood. When Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa died in the US in 1915, Thomas Clarke and John Devoy engineered a homecoming, and his funeral became a rallying point for the nationalist movement. In the written program for the burial of O\u2019Donovan Rossa P\u00e1draig Pearse pronounced that John Devoy would be remembered as ‘The Greatest of the Fenians\u2019.\u00a0 Devoy died on 29 September 1928.<\/p>\n
Dictionary of Irish Biography <\/strong> A Forgotten Hero – John Devoy <\/em><\/strong>https:\/\/kildarecoco.ie\/library\/KildareCountyArchivesandLocalStudies\/DecadeofCommemorations\/1916-2016Commemorations\/A%20Forgotten%20HeroJohn%20Devoy.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Those that set the stage: John Devoy, Joseph McGarrity and Clan na Gael<\/strong> Behind Every Great Man – John Devoy and Alice Comiskey<\/strong> https:\/\/nyirishhistory.us\/article\/behind-every-great-man-john-devoy-and-alice-comiskey\/<\/a><\/p>\n John Devoy and The Friends of Irish Freedom<\/strong> John Devoy Papers<\/strong> \u2018The Greatest of the Fenians\u2019 John Devoy<\/strong>, a documentary by Donal Higgins Passing of John Devoy, 1928, British Path\u00e9 news<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.dib.ie\/biography\/devoy-john-a2562<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.nli.ie\/1916\/exhibition\/en\/content\/stagesetters\/force\/devoy-mcgarrity\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/john-devoy-and-the-friends-of-irish-freedom\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJohn Devoy’s papers were deposited in the National Library of Ireland in 1938. A selection of Devoy’s correspondence (MS 18,000-18,013) was published in two volumes, under the title ‘Devoy’s Post Bag’ in the 1950’s. This publication was edited by William O’Brien and Desmond Ryan.
\nhttps:\/\/catalogue.nli.ie\/Collection\/vtls000545345<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6fqEHJFYUv0<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5QxLcYzaC6A<\/a><\/p>\nPublications<\/strong><\/h3>\n