:::: ''See Cuban Five for Cuban intelligence officers formerly held in Miami prisons.'' The Cuba Five () were a group of Irish

rebels Rebels may refer to: * Participants in a rebellion * Rebel groups, people who refuse obedience or order * Rebels (American Revolution), patriots who rejected British rule in 1776 Film and television * ''Rebels'' (film) or ''Rebelles'', a 2019 ...

released from British prisons in 1871 on condition of not entering Britain (Ireland was then part of the United Kingdom) until the expiration of their original sentences. They chose to accept

exile Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...

in the United States, travelling on board the ship SS ''Cuba'' from Liverpool docks. The five men were John Devoy, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa,

Charles Underwood O'Connell Charles Underwood O'Connell (1 August 1838 n gravestone- 22 February 1902) was a Fenian activist from County Cork, Ireland. He was part of ''The Cuba Five,'' exiled from the U.K. in 1871. History Different sources give a birthdate from 1838 ...

Henry Mullady Henry (Harry) Mullady (a.k.a. Henry Shaw) was a Fenian activist. He was part of ''The Cuba Five'' who were exiled from the U.K. in 1871. History He was arrested at the Ware in Dublin County, about 15 miles from Drogheda, on 7 March 1867, wit ...

and John McClure. On arrival in New York they received a rapturous welcome and attempted to reunite the badly split Fenian Brotherhood. In this they failed, but Devoy and O'Donovan Rossa were to go on to become probably the most outstanding members of the Fenian movement in the US in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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*Terry Golway, ''Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom'', St. Martin's Press, New York, 1998 History of Ireland (1801–1923) Irish exiles Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish revolutionaries Irish-American history Irish expatriates in the United States {{ireland-hist-stub