Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họpụtara Brigadier General Thomas William Sweeny ka ọ bụrụ odeakwụkwọ agha na ngwụcha afọ 1865 site n'aka òtù Fenian Brotherhood bụ ndị nwere atụmatụ iji nweta nnwere onwe nke Ireland site
mwakpo ndị agha na Canada. Na Nọvemba 1865 a họpụtara Tevis Adjutant General nke nzukọ ahụ, na ọkwa nke Brigadier General otu n'ime mmadụ itoolu na Sweeny's Fenian General Staff.