Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I waenganui i ngā whakaekenga o 1866 me 1871
Ko John O'Neill o te Fenian Brotherhood, ka tū ki Holyoke i te 13 o Maehe, 1868, hei manuhiri honore o te wehenga o te Brotherhood i taua taone nui. Na te hui i whakahaerehia e te kaihanga a John Delaney, ka whakakotahi a O'Neill i nga taane me nga waahine Irish o Holyoke, me te kii me "kia rite, kia pai hoki ki te awhina i to ratau whenua whanau e mamae ana ma te moni me nga tangata i roto i tana pakanga mo te herekore o Ireland. " I te marama o Noema o te tau 1881, ka korero a John Devoy, he mema o te rōpū Republican Irish, ki mua i ngā Fenians o Holyoke, e matapae ana i te Easter Rising o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, e kī ana "Ka tae mai te whai wāhitanga o Ireland ina whai wāhi a Ingarangi ki tētahi pakanga nui ki tētahi mana nui o Ūropi".