Emmet Monument Association
The Emmet Monument Association (EMA) was a mid-nineteenth-century secret military organization with the special purpose of training men to attack England and free Ireland. It was established in the mid-1850s, by John O'Mahony and Michael Doheny refugees from the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848. According to tradition, no monument can be erected to Robert Emmet "until Ireland a nation can build him a tomb," therefore, the work of the Association presupposed the freedom of Ireland as a necessary preliminary.
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Founder |
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Founded | February 1856 |
Dissolved | c. 1858 |
Succeeded by | Fenian Brotherhood |
Headquarters | New York City |
Ideology |
Statue of Robert Emmet
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Irish republicanism |
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