Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'agbata mwakpo nke 1866 na 1871
, General John O'Neill nke Fenian Brotherhood ga-eme nkwụsị na Holyoke na Machị 13, 1868, dịka onye ọbịa a na-akwanyere ùgwù nke òtù ụmụnna na obodo ahụ. N'ọgbakọ nke onye na-ewu ụlọ bụ John Delaney duziri, O'Neill ga-akpọkọta ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị Irish nke Holyoke, na-ekwu na ha ga-adị njikere ma dị njikere iji ego na ụmụ nwoke nyere ala nna ha na-ata ahụhụ aka n'ọgụ ya maka nnwere onwe Irish. " N'ọnwa Nọvemba nke afọ 1881, onye Irish Republican bụ́ John Devoy ga-ekwu okwu n'ihu ndị Fenians nke Holyoke, na-ebu amụma banyere ọgba aghara Ista nke Agha Ụwa nke Mbụ, na-ekwu na "ohere Ireland ga-abịa mgbe England na-alụ ọgụ kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ na ụfọdụ nnukwu ike Europe".