Fianna - Modern Use of The Term

Modern Use of The Term

In more recent history, the name Fianna Éireann has been used by a number of Irish Republican organisations. Fianna Fáil ("the Fianna of Ireland"; sometimes rendered "the soldiers of destiny") has been used as a sobriquet for the Irish Volunteers; on the cap badge of the Irish Army; in the opening line of the Irish-language version of the Irish national anthem; and as the name of the Fianna Fáil political party.

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