Anthologies of our Fenian Ancestors

Farley, Ellen  (1929 - 2000)

Ellen Farley nee Monaghan, who was born in 1929 in East Orange, New Jersey, was a true patriot who loved and served America and harbored a deep and abiding kinship for Ireland, the land of her ancestors . She was offended by those who disparaged either and was disdainful of those who supported or acquiesced to the British occupation of six of Irelands’ 32 counties.

During the 1980-81 hunger strikes Ellen coordinated publicity tours, recorded interviews with blanketmen and women and interviewed US Republican activists including Michael Flannery.

Ellen made her home a safe haven for Irish Republicans for many years. She was a valued distributor of Republican Sinn Féin publicity material in the United States from the newspaper SAOIRSE to press statements, faxes and e-mails.

Ellen and her husband Peter were two of the first voices in the US to support Republican Sinn Féin in 1986. Up to the time of her death she was active in supporting the Republican Prisoners Dependants Fund, CABHAIR and in promoting ÉIRE NUA the original the peace process.

Ellen never straying from the cause so many of our forebears fought and died for;  a free and sovereign 32-county Irish nation.

Farley, Peter J.  (1930 - 2004)

Peter Farley was a genial and compassionate man who worked tirelessly to ensure the right of the American people to hear the unfiltered truth from Ireland regarding the malevolent British presence in its occupied six counties. He was an extraordinary judge of character who did not take kindly to excuses or vacillation regarding that presence. He was a frequent visitor to Ireland who had many friends in the Irish Republican movement, the torchbearers who strove to fulfill the promise of 1916.

Peter and his wife  Ellen became involved in the cause of Irish freedom and reunification after a visit to Ireland in the early 70’s. During that visit they met with and interviewed relatives of hunger striker Frank Stagg. They also met Maire Drumm, who was vice-President of Sinn Fein. Maire was assassinated shortly thereafter by pro-British forces. From that moment on, Peter and Ellen became staunch supporters and promoters of Irish freedom and reunification. They worked independently and through Irish Republican organizations to promote the Eire Nua (New Ireland) program here in the U.S.  They also made their home n Newark and in Point Pleasant a safe haven for Irish Republicans for many years. --- link to biography

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