Buuxi weedha soo socota:
weeraradii 1866 iyo 1871, General John O'Neill oo ka tirsan Fenian Brotherhood ayaa waxa uu joojiyay Holyoke bishii Maarso 13, 1868, asagoo ahaa marti sharafeed ee 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".