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'''Michael Scanlon''' (10 November 1833 – 6 March 1917) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] nationalist, editor, poet and writer. He was known as the "Fenian poet" and is remembered as the author of stirring Irish ballads such as the "Bold Fenian Men" and "The Jackets Green". |
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'''Michael Scanlan''' (10 November 1833 – 6 March 1917) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] nationalist, editor, poet and writer. Known as the "Fenian poet" or the "poet laureate of American Fenianism",<ref name="dib">{{cite web| url = https://www.dib.ie/biography/scanlan-michael-a7942 | work = Dictionary of Irish Biography | title = Scanlan, Michael | date = October 2009 | first = Owen| last = McGee | doi = 10.3318/dib.007942.v1 }}</ref> he was the author of a number of Irish ballads such as the "[[Bold Fenian Men]]" and "[[Jackets Green|The Jackets Green]]".<ref name="graves">{{cite web | url=http://feniangraves.net/Scanlan,%20Michael/M.Scanlan%20bio..htm | title=Michael Scanlan | publisher=The Fenian Graves Association | accessdate=2018-03-13}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Scanlan was born in [[Mahoonagh|Castlemahon]], [[County Limerick]] in November 1833.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/writers,%20poetry%2025.pdf | title = Michael Scanlan - Poet Laureate of Fenianism | first = Mannix | last = Joyce | accessdate = 11 September 2023 | via = Limerick City and County Council }}</ref> He emigrated to the United States at fifteen years of age and with his brothers, John and Mortimer, settled in Chicago. They started a sweets (candy) business which became successful. Scanlan joined the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]] (IRB) and wrote articles and poems for a number of newspapers.<ref name=obit>Obituary in Gaelic American, March 1917</ref> |
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He supported the Fenian invasion of Canada (31 May 1866), following the leadership of William R. Roberts and was a member of a body known as the Senate. After the failure of that enterprise he |
He supported the [[Fenian raids|Fenian invasion of Canada]] (31 May 1866), following the leadership of [[William R. Roberts]], and was a member of a body known as the Senate.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053571/1867-09-05/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=Fenian Convention at Cleveland | date=5 September 1867 | agency=The National Republican | accessdate=2013-06-21 | location=Washington DC}}</ref> After the failure of that enterprise, he became editor of a new newspaper, the ''Irish Republic''.<ref name="dib"/> He edited the ''Irish Republic'', described in its masthead as a "journal of liberty, literature, and social progress",<ref name="graves"/> together with Patrick William Dunne and fellow IRB exile [[David Bell (Irish Republican)|David Bell]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.loc.gov/item/sn94054745/ | work = Library of Congress | title = The Irish Republic (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18?? | accessdate = 12 September 2023 | quote = The paper was edited by Michael Scanlan, Patrick William Dunne, and David Bell }}</ref> |
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In the ''Irish Republic'', Scanlon and Bell promoted physical-force Fenianism, while disparaging the general [[clericalism]] and pro-Democratic-Party leanings of rival Irish-American papers.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=P.E.C. |title=Nationality--Self--Irish Politicians and Irish Newspaper |journal=Irish Republic |date=25 April 1868 |page=11 |url=https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=TIR18680425.1.11&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------- |accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref> The ''Irish Republic'' supported the [[Radical Republicans|Radical Republican]] agenda for [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction]], black suffrage and equal rights.<ref name="Knight">{{cite journal |last1=Knight |first1=Matthew |title=The Irish Republic: Reconstructing Liberty, Right Principles, and the Fenian Brotherhood |journal=Éire-Ireland (Irish-American Cultural Institute) |date=2017 |volume=52 |issue=3 & 4 |pages=252–271 |doi=10.1353/eir.2017.0029 |s2cid=159525524 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/680371/summary |accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref> |
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After the ''Irish Republic'' ceased publication in 1873, Scanlon continued writing for Irish and American newspapers. He later became a senior official in the American administration in Washington. In 1887 he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the State Department. He retired in 1912. |
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He had a son and three daughters.<ref name=obit/> |
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| NAME = Scanlon, Michael |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Poet |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 10 November 1833 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = County Limerick, Ireland |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 6 March 1917 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = Chicago, Illinois |
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Latest revision as of 03:14, 13 September 2023
Michael Scanlan (10 November 1833 – 6 March 1917) was an Irish nationalist, editor, poet and writer. Known as the "Fenian poet" or the "poet laureate of American Fenianism",[1] he was the author of a number of Irish ballads such as the "Bold Fenian Men" and "The Jackets Green".[2]
Life
[edit]Scanlan was born in Castlemahon, County Limerick in November 1833.[3] He emigrated to the United States at fifteen years of age and with his brothers, John and Mortimer, settled in Chicago. They started a sweets (candy) business which became successful. Scanlan joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and wrote articles and poems for a number of newspapers.[4]
He supported the Fenian invasion of Canada (31 May 1866), following the leadership of William R. Roberts, and was a member of a body known as the Senate.[5] After the failure of that enterprise, he became editor of a new newspaper, the Irish Republic.[1] He edited the Irish Republic, described in its masthead as a "journal of liberty, literature, and social progress",[2] together with Patrick William Dunne and fellow IRB exile David Bell.[6]
In the Irish Republic, Scanlon and Bell promoted physical-force Fenianism, while disparaging the general clericalism and pro-Democratic-Party leanings of rival Irish-American papers.[7] The Irish Republic supported the Radical Republican agenda for Reconstruction, black suffrage and equal rights.[8]
After the Irish Republic ceased publication in 1873, Scanlon continued writing for Irish and American newspapers. He later became a senior official in the American administration in Washington. In 1887 he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the State Department. He retired in 1912.
He had a son and three daughters.[4] He died, aged eighty-four years, in the hospital of St. Mary of Nazareth in Chicago.
References
[edit]- ^ a b McGee, Owen (October 2009). "Scanlan, Michael". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.007942.v1.
- ^ a b "Michael Scanlan". The Fenian Graves Association. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Joyce, Mannix, Michael Scanlan - Poet Laureate of Fenianism (PDF), retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Limerick City and County Council
- ^ a b Obituary in Gaelic American, March 1917
- ^ "Fenian Convention at Cleveland". Washington DC. The National Republican. 5 September 1867. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "The Irish Republic (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??". Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
The paper was edited by Michael Scanlan, Patrick William Dunne, and David Bell
- ^ P.E.C. (25 April 1868). "Nationality--Self--Irish Politicians and Irish Newspaper". Irish Republic: 11. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ Knight, Matthew (2017). "The Irish Republic: Reconstructing Liberty, Right Principles, and the Fenian Brotherhood". Éire-Ireland (Irish-American Cultural Institute). 52 (3 & 4): 252–271. doi:10.1353/eir.2017.0029. S2CID 159525524. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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