Write a short summary about John Boyle O’Reily

was an Irish-American poet, journalist, author and activist. ... In 1864 he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood under an assumed name and was part of the group for two years until he and many others were arrested by authorities in early 1866.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.