1. Michael Doheny was an Irish writer, lawyer, member of the Young Ireland movement, and co-founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an Irish secret society which would go on to launch the Fenian Raids on Canada, Fenian Rising of 1867, and the Easter Rising of 1916, each of which was an attempt to bring about Irish Independence from Britain.
The third son of small farmer Michael Doheny, he was born at Brookhill, near Fethard, County Tipperary.
Michael Doheny would continue his formal education into his adult life while simultaneously acting as a teacher himself to local children.
Michael Doheny fought through a bout of typhus at the age of 14.
Michael Doheny subsequently sold it and continued to focus on his education.
Michael Doheny was admitted to Gray's Inn in November 1834 and King's Inns in 1835 before being called to the Irish bar in 1838.
Michael Doheny would set up business in Cashel, County Tipperary and would be appointed legal assessor to the borough of Cashel under the Municipal Corporations Act 1840.
In 1830, Michael Doheny acted as an election warden in the successful campaign of Thomas Wyse to become an MP for Tipperary.
In May 1841, Michael Doheny was placed on the association's general committee.
Michael Doheny assisted in the launch of The Nation, a newspaper that served as an outlet for Young Irelander thoughts.
Michael Doheny quickly became annoyed when the editors rejected a significant number of his article.
In 1845, Michael Doheny was asked by the Repeal Association to use his legal knowledge to investigate if Irish Members of Parliament had the legal right to withdraw from the House of Commons.
Michael Doheny reluctantly submitted that, in his legal opinion, this course of action could result in legal action being taken against MPs who abstained.
Michael Doheny would have been a good candidate to stand for that seat he was passed over for the selection by O'Connell's Repeal party.
Subsequently, Michael Doheny was one of the co-founders of the Irish Confederation on 13 January 1847.
Michael Doheny was among a small amount of Young Irelanders attracted to Lalor's revolutionary agrarian philosophy.
Michael Doheny attempted to raise men in Tipperary, but his efforts were held back by William Smith O'Brien's indecisiveness.
Michael Doheny eventually escaped Ireland by dressing as a priest and boarding a cattle ship travelling from Cork to Bristol.
One version suggests that McGee accused Michael Doheny of boasting, drunkenness, and incompetence and in response Michael Doheny attempted to push McGee down an open cellar on the street they were walking.
Unfortunately for Michael Doheny, this was not the only violent altercation he was involved in during this first year in America.
In 1849, Michael Doheny wrote the book The Felon's track, which recounted in a very critical way the history of the repeal movement and the 1848 rebellion.
In turn, Michael Doheny became in demand as a speaker at Irish-American societies.
Michael Doheny contributed a memoir on Geoffrey Keating, a 17th-century Irish historian from Michael Doheny's native Tipperary, and John O'Mahony's translation of Foras Feasa ar Eirinn, which O'Mahony was working on for several years.
From his initial arrival in New York, Michael Doheny had become involved in the city's Irish-centric militias.
In November 1851, Michael Doheny was elected as Lieutenant Colonel of the 69th New York Infantry Regiment and in September 1852, he became Colonel of a new regiment the Irish Republican Rifles.
Simultaneously, Michael Doheny founded the short-lived newspaper The Phoenix to spread the ideals of the new Fenian movement.
Michael Doheny was involved in the funeral arrangements for Terence Bellew MacManus in Ireland and acted as one of his pallbearers in a New York ceremony.
Michael Doheny travelled to Ireland in October 1861 to accompany the body home, where his spirits were lifted by the large crowds who came out not only to honour MacManus' body, but who cheered for "Colonel" Michael Doheny.
Michael Doheny's morale was high for the enthusiasm he saw that he began to argue again for another rebellion in Ireland, but this line of thinking was overruled by James Stephens.
Not long after the McManus funeral, Michael Doheny himself died suddenly on 1 April 1862.
Michael Doheny was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.