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==Origins== An earlier "Fianna" was organised "to serve as a Junior Hurling League to promote the study of the Irish Language" on 26 June 1902 at the Catholic Boys' Hall, Falls Road, in West [[Belfast]], the brainchild of [[Bulmer Hobson]].<ref name=Connell>{{cite web|last1=Connell|first1=Joseph E.|title=Fianna na hÉireann/Na Fianna Éireann|url=http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/fianna-na-heireannna-fianna-eireann|website=History Ireland|date=7 March 2013|access-date=15 January 2015|archive-date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521004133/http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/fianna-na-heireannna-fianna-eireann/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Hobson>Witness Statement of [[Bulmer Hobson]] to the Bureau of Military History, 1948</ref> Hobson, a [[Quaker]] influenced by suffragism and nationalism, joined the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]] in 1904 and was an early member of [[Sinn Féin]] during its monarchist-nationalist period, alongside [[Arthur Griffith]] and [[Constance Markievicz]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eichelberger |first1=Shannon |title=1905 – Sinn Féin is founded in Dublin |url=http://www.hallamor.org/1905-sinn-fein-is-founded-in-dublin/ |website=Halla Mór |access-date=15 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212090819/http://www.hallamor.org/1905-sinn-fein-is-founded-in-dublin/ |archive-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> Hobson later relocated to Dublin and the Fianna organisation collapsed in Belfast. Markievicz, inspired by the rapid growth of Baden-Powell's [[Scouting|Boy Scouts]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/does-anyone-remember-na-fianna-eireann/ |title=Damian Lawlor, ''Does anyone remember Na Fianna Éireann?'' |date=13 March 2013 |access-date=15 March 2017 |archive-date=15 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085409/http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/does-anyone-remember-na-fianna-eireann/ |url-status=live }}</ref> formed sometime before July 1909 the ''Red Branch Knights'', a Dublin branch of Irish National Boy Scouts.<ref>''Talk History'' radio programme, Newstalk Radio, 18 August 2009</ref> After discussions involving Hobson, Markievicz, suffragist and labour activist [[Helena Molony]] and Seán McGarry, the Irish National Boy Scouts changed their name to Na Fianna Éireann at a meeting in 34 Lower Camden Street, Dublin, on 16 August 1909 (the building today marked with a commemorative plaque), at which Hobson was elected as president (thus ensuring a strong IRB influence), Markievicz as vice-president and Pádraig Ó Riain as secretary.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ó Shea|first1=Donnchadh|title=The foundation of Na Fianna Éireann|url=http://www.warofindependence.info/?page_id=252|website=War of Independence|access-date=15 January 2015|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113034647/http://www.warofindependence.info/?page_id=252|archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref> [[Seán Heuston]] was the leader of the Fianna on Dublin's northside, while [[Cornelius Colbert|Cornelius "Con" Colbert]] was the leader on the south side. The Fianna formed as a Nationalist alternative to Powell's Scouts with the aim to achieve the full independence of Ireland by training and teaching scouting and military exercises, Irish history, and the Irish language.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-10 |title=Fianna Éireann – Cartlann |url=https://cartlann.org/authors/fianna-eireann/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=cartlann.org |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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