Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa

'''Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa''' (;4 September 1831 (baptised) – 29 June 1915) was an Irish Fenian leader and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Born and raised in Rosscarbery, West Cork, in the South of Ireland during the Great Irish Famine, Rossa founded the Phoenix National and Literary Society and dedicated his life to working towards the establishment of an independent Irish Republic. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood and after fleeing to the United States as part of the Cuba Five, he joined Irish revolutionary organisations there, beyond the reach of the British Empire. Rossa was one of the primary advocates of physical force Irish republicanism and organised the Fenian dynamite campaign, which saw the bombing (at first) of military targets in Great Britian and then political and civilian targets. The campaign caused mass outrage in Great Britain and would possibly be the cause of a failed attempt upon his life by an Englishwoman in 1885. Following his death, Rossa's funeral (held in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin, Ireland in 1915) was a major rallying point for Irish republicans and is often cited as a direct stepping stone towards the events of the Easter Rising of 1916. Provided by Wikipedia