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James Stephens | |
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President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood | |
In office 17 March 1858 – December 1866 | |
Succeeded by | Thomas J. Kelly |
Personal details | |
Born | Kilkenny, Ireland | January 26, 1825
Died | March 29, 1901 Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland | (aged 76)
Resting place | Glasnevin Cemetery |
Occupation | Civil engineer, teacher, translator, newspaper publisher |
Nickname | "Seabhach Siulach" (the Wandering Hawk)[1] |
James Stephens (Irish: Séamus Mac Stiofáin;[2] 26 January 1825 – 29 March 1901) was an Irish Republican, and the founding member of an originally unnamed revolutionary organisation in Dublin. This organisation, founded on 17 March 1858, was later to become known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood (I.R.B).[3]