Waxad ku qortaa sii socodka faqradan - Inta u dhaxaysa weeraradii 1866 iyo 1871
Janaraal John O'Neill oo ka tirsan Fenian Brotherhood ayaa joogsaday Holyoke bishii Maarso 13, 1868, isagoo marti sharafeed u ahaa qeybta Brotherhood ee magaaladaas. Kulanka oo uu shir guddoominayay John Delaney, O'Neill wuxuu isku soo ururin lahaa ragga iyo dumarka Irish-ka ah ee Holyoke, isagoo leh waa inay "diyaar u yihiin oo diyaar u yihiin inay ku caawiyaan dalkooda hooyo ee dhibaataysan lacag iyo rag dagaalka ay ugu jiraan xorriyadda Irish". Bishii Nofeembar ee 1881, Jamhuuriga Irish John Devoy wuxuu khudbad ka hor jeediyay Fenians-ka Holyoke, isagoo saadaalinaya kacdoonka Easter ee Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Adduunka, isagoo leh "Fursada Ireland ayaa imaan doonta marka England ay ku lug leedahay halgan ba'an oo ay la gasho xoogagga waaweyn ee Yurub".