Show threadiamBullivantMay 15, 2025

He was a native Irish speaker but he discouraged the use of the language because he felt that English was the means of advancement. he insisted on addressing his meetings in English, sending interpreters out among the crowd to translate his words into Irish. He was described as having "indifference to the fate of the [Irish] language". 2/2

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flatplanetApr 4, 2025
Definitely a worthy cause #DanielOConnell #gofundme #cahersiveen
https://www.gofundme.com/f/daniel-oconnell-church-cahersiveen-restoration-fund
Donate to Daniel O'Connell Church, Cahersiveen Restoration Fund, organized by Daniel O'Connell Church Restoration Fund Cahersiveen

Note: All the churches in Kerry come under the St. Brendan's… Daniel O'Connell Church Restoration Fund Cahersiveen needs your support for Daniel O'Connell Church, Cahersiveen Restoration Fund

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iamBullivantAug 6, 2024

Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill) was born on 6 August 1775 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry. Hailed in his time as The Liberator, he was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. O'Connell championed the rights and liberties of people throughout the world including those of peasants in India, Maoris in New Zealand, Aborigines in Australia and Jews in Europe.

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Show threadiamBullivantMay 15, 2024

He was a native Irish speaker but he discouraged the use of the language because he felt that English was the means of advancement. He insisted on addressing his meetings in English, sending interpreters out among the crowd to translate his words into Irish. He was described as having "indifference to the fate of the [Irish] language". 2/2

#Ireland #IrishHistory #DanielOConnell #Gaeilge #OnThisDay

iamBullivantMay 15, 2024

Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill) died on 15th May 1847 in Genoa, Italy. 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. O'Connell championed the rights and liberties of people throughout the world including those of peasants in India, Maoris in New Zealand, Aborigines in Australia and Jews in Europe. 1/2

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Show threadPeter GrayOct 7, 2023
A more typical ‘HB’ - this one is discussed in my new book ‘William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism’ and satirises the falling out of #WilliamSharmanCrawford and #DanielOConnell in 1837 #IrishHistory
iamBullivantAug 6, 2023

Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill) was born on 6 August 1775 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry. Hailed in his time as The Liberator, he was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. O'Connell championed the rights and liberties of people throughout the world including those of peasants in India, Maoris in New Zealand, Aborigines in Australia and Jews in Europe.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #DanielOConnell #OnThisDay

iamBullivantMay 15, 2023

Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill) died on 15th May 1847 in Genoa, Italy. 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. O'Connell championed the rights and liberties of people throughout the world including those of peasants in India, Maoris in New Zealand, Aborigines in Australia and Jews in Europe.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #DanielOConnell #OnThisDay

Mark MaguireMar 17, 2023
For the night that’s in it: window in Daniel O’Connell’s home, Derrynane, Co. Kerry. #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #FuinneogFriday #Mastodaoine #Derrynane #Kerry #DanielOConnell #TheLiberator
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrynane_House
Derrynane House - Wikipedia

Irish PhilosophyFeb 4, 2023

4 Feb: #DanielOConnell in 1830 became the first Roman Catholic to take his seat in the House of Commons in Westminster since the Test Acts of 1673 and 1678. https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/revolution/overview/catholicsprotestants/

O'Connell had defeated William Vesey-FitzGerald in a #Clare by-election on 5 July 1828, but could not take his seat until the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 was passed https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/2015-parliament-in-the-making/get-involved1/2015-banners-exhibition/rachel-gadsden/1829-catholic-emancipation-act-gallery/

O'Connell was returned unopposed on 30 July 1830.

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