930793 Charles Kickham, c.1863 (albumen print) by Lauder, James Stack (1853-1923); Sean Sexton Collection; (add.info.: Charles Kickham (1828-82) Irish novelist and poet. In about 1860, joined the Fenians, the Republican movement named after the legendary Fionn Mac Cumhail\'s band of warriors. Kickham proved effective in internal Fenian disputes, was appointed to the supreme executive of the organisation, and became joint editor of its newspaper, the Irish People. In 1865 he and other Fenians were betrayed by an informer. Kickham was sentenced to fourteen years penal servitude but was released after four years.); Sean Sexton Collection; British, out of copyright.