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(ch15) Daniel O'Connell (1775 - 1847) "The Liberator" "…
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Daniel O'Connell
(1775 - 1847) "The Liberator" "The King Of Ireland"
Early Life
born into a
wealthy Catholic middle-class
family
sent to
France
to get an
education
as Catholics were not yet permitted in Trinity College Dublin
- his time in France overlapped with
the terror
became a
barrister
returned with a
lifelong hatred for political violence
Catholic Emancipation
1811, he founded the
Catholic Board
to campaign for
Catholic Emancipation
1823, he founded the
Catholic Association
to campaign for
Catholic Emancipation
AND the end of
tithes
.
Had a
Catholic Rent
of
1 penny a month
to fund:
pro emancipation MP's
to pay the legal costs of those arrested
pay for publicity
1838 he managed to have the cost of tithes
lowered
and to have them
paid to the landlord instead of to the church
The Fight For
Repeal
Of The
Act of Union
1830, he set up the
Repeal Association
to
campaign for the repeal of the Act of Union
He wanted an
Irish Parliament with the British Monarch remaining the Monarch of Ireland
too
1843, his
Monster Meeting
in
Clontarf
was
banned by the British Government
- The organization split -
"The Young Irelanders"
Death & Legacy
February 1847
, his
last speech
was in the
House of Commons
was a
plea for help to the Irish dying because of the famine
May 1847
, he was on a
pilgrimage to Rome
when he died
People like
Mahatma Gandhi
&
Martin Luther King
follow in his beliefs
Emancipation Act of 1829
1828, he stood in
Clare
for election to Westminster. - He won but
refused to take the oath
. The British PM,
Duke of Wellington
,
feared rebellion
so emancipation was granted and O'Connell took his seat.
1841 he was elected the
First Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin