Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tsakanin hare-haren 1866 da 1871
, Janar John O'Neill na Fenian Brotherhood zai tsaya a Holyoke a ranar 13 ga Maris, 1868, a matsayin baƙo mai daraja na ƙungiyar Brotherhood a wannan birni. Tare da taron da mai ginawa John Delaney ya jagoranci, O'Neill zai tara maza da mata na Irish na Holyoke, yana cewa dole ne su kasance "a shirye kuma suna son taimaka wa ƙasarsu ta wahala da kuɗi da maza a cikin gwagwarmayar 'yancin Irish". A watan Nuwamba na 1881, ɗan Jamhuriyar Irish John Devoy zai yi jawabi a gaban Fenians na Holyoke, yana hasashen tashin Easter na Yaƙin Duniya na I, yana mai cewa "Hanya ta Ireland za ta zo lokacin da Ingila ke cikin gwagwarmaya da wani babban ƙarfin Turai".