the anti-Irish history behind Kneecap’s defiant new album title
- Written by Ciara Smart, Staff member, History and Classics, University of Tasmania
Heavenly Recordings/KneecapIrish hip-hop group Kneecap recently released their latest album, called “Fenian”.
A proud reclamation of a painful derogatory slur, Fenian is a word that connects Irish people to a history in which they were sometimes seen as less than human.
A title packed with meaning
The word originally comes from “Fia...





