Daniel O’Connell
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Empires, Dynasties, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, British Empire, Catholic Church, Catholics
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History, 18th Century European History
Article abstract: Once the leader of the struggle for Catholic emancipation in the British Empire, O’Connell is identified with the principles of religious freedom and separation of church and state, nonviolent reform movements, early democratic organizations, and the upholding of the rule of law.
Early Life
Daniel O’Connell was born on August 6, 1775, on the southwest coast of Ireland near the small town of Cahirciveen (then a hamlet), in the barony of Iveragh and county of Kerry. Iveragh is situated at the western end of a mountainous peninsula...
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