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Daniel(I) O’Connell (Irish: Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century.
May 11, 2024 · Daniel O’Connell was a lawyer who became the first great 19th-century Irish nationalist leader. Compelled to leave the Roman Catholic college at Douai, France, when the French Revolution broke out, O’Connell went to London to study law, and in 1798 he was called to the Irish bar. His forensic skill.
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May 28, 2019 · Learn about the life and achievements of Daniel O'Connell, a Catholic leader who fought for civil rights and Irish independence in the 19th century. Find out how he became a lawyer, a politician, a speaker, and a hero to many Irish people.
The biographical entry for Daniel O'Connell, The Liberator, chief advocate of Catholic Emancipation during the early part of the 19th Century, from 'A Compendium of Irish Biography', by Alfred Webb, 1878.
- Alfred Webb
Aug 17, 2019 · O’Connell focused on the blacks who suffered, particularly the despair of black mothers knowing they were producing children for the slave trade. He was a hero to the escaped slave and black ...
Aug 6, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Daniel O'Connell, the politician and lawyer who fought for Catholic rights, repeal of the Act of Union, and abolition of slavery. Discover how he influenced Irish history and inspired Frederick Douglass.
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May 9, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Daniel O'Connell, the "Liberator" who fought for Catholic rights and political reform in Ireland. Explore his legal career, his role in the Catholic Association, and his relations with the clergy and the government.