Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
N'oge mwakpo nke 1866 na 1871, Ọchịagha John O'Neill nke òtù Fenian Brotherhood ga-akwụsị na Holyoke na March 13, 1868, dị ka onye ọbịa a na-akwanyere ùgwù nke òtù Brotherhood n'obodo ahụ. Na nzukọ 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 na mgba 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".