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Daniel O'Connell
Standard Name: O'Connell, Daniel
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Rosina Bulwer Lytton Baroness Lytton | Despite her Irish birth, she disliked and distanced herself from the Irish: Anna Maria Hall
's husband, Samuel Carter Hall
, reported her saying that she needed to fumigate her dining-room after entertaining Daniel O'Connell |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Catherine Gore | In an extraordinary passage near the end of the book, Cecil lists a number of people who might, if they could only work together, revolutionize the country. |
| politics | George Eliot | Mary Ann Evans (later GE
) attended a demonstration in Coventry which was part of Daniel O'Connell
's campaign in support of Irish Home Rule. Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton, 1995. 76 |
| politics | Frances Sarah Hoey | It was shortly after this marriage that her lifelong Irish nationalism was awakened by a meeting with patriot leader Daniel O'Connell
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| politics | Eliza Lynn Linton | Eliza's interest in politics began when she was very young. Her biographer George Somes Layard
writes that the first seeds of her early republicanism were sown in Eliza's mind by Daniel O'Connell
's appearances at... |
| politics | Harriet Martineau | HM
represents herself in her Autobiography as brokering the successful repeal of the Corn Laws which took place on 26 June 1846, by mediating between Robert Peel
and Richard Cobden
. Histories of the repeal... |
| politics | Mary Russell Mitford | In politics MRM
was known as a Foxite: that is, she supported the Whigs under Charles James Fox
, the more progressive opposition to the government. On 17 June 1814 she attended an Abolitionist meeting... |
| politics | Mary Russell Mitford | When she wrote of her hatred of Enclosure Bills, and her pleasure when some glorious obstinate bumpkin of the true John Bull breed Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. Editor L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham, Harper and Brothers, 1870, 2 vols. 1: 342 |
| politics | Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan | When she settled with her husband in Dublin, Sydney Morgan became friendly with the United IrishmenHamilton Rowan
and the nationalist lawyer John Philpot Curran
. Her oppositional, liberty-loving opinions strengthened with her age. She... |
| Publishing | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | The Nation published an anonymous review of a biography of Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell
by Jane Francesca Elgee (later JFLW
): she called for the overthrow of English rule in Ireland. Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research, 1999. 199: 300 |
| Textual Features | Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan | One of this novel's topics is concealed identity (which results in repeated changes of name for several central characters). As the story opens, two men land at Dublin (which they find desolate, poverty-struck by the... |
| Textual Features | Charlotte O'Conor Eccles | COCE
opens by making two points which might seem at variance with each other: the fascination which the past holds for later generations, and their ignorance of its discomforts and inconvenience. In a note she... |
| Textual Features | Antonia Fraser | This book is character-driven in AF
's accustomed manner, featuring Whig reformers, Tory reactionaries, and those dubbed revolutionaries like Daniel O'Connell
and William Cobbett
. Its story opens in November 1831 with a famous pronouncement... |
| Textual Features | Elizabeth Grant | EG
was not impressed by the large colony of British residents at Pau and found their company somewhat tiresome. An entry on 31 December 1843 captures her mood: We have left our own weeping climate... |
| Textual Production | Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington | She wrote the last two-thirds of the text between 4 and 31 March 1833. Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J., Jr Lovell, Princeton University Press, 1969, pp. 3-114. 92 |
Timeline
12 August-3 September 1821: The newly-crowned George IV visited Ireland...
National or international item
12 August-3 September 1821
The newly-crowned George IV
visited Ireland (the first British monarch to do so since William III
made war there), and was rapturously received in Dublin.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
186-7
1823: The Catholic Association was founded in Ireland;...
National or international item
1823
The Catholic Association
was founded in Ireland; its leader was Daniel O'Connell
.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
21, 53-4
5 July 1828: Daniel O'Connell was returned to parliament...
National or international item
5 July 1828
Daniel O'Connell
was returned to parliament
as member for County Clare.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
325
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
13 April 1829: The Catholic Emancipation Act at last received...
National or international item
13 April 1829
The Catholic
Emancipation Act at last received the royal assent, allowing limited civil rights, for the first time, to Catholics in Britain.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
885
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
278-9, 333
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
21
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
8
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
65
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.
“Our history in Britain”. The Jesuits in Britain.
22 April 1834: Daniel O'Connell introduced in the British...
National or international item
22 April 1834
Daniel O'Connell
introduced in the British Parliament
debate on Repeal of the Union between Ireland and England.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
606
14 November 1834: George Stephen told Anne Knight that women,...
National or international item
14 November 1834
George Stephen
told Anne Knight
that women, banded together in Ladies' Societies, deserved most credit for the recent Abolition Act.
Corfield, Kenneth. “Elizabeth Heyrick: Radical Quaker”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Croom Helm, 1986, pp. 41-67.
48-50 and n68
18 February 1835: Following a general election, Irish O'Connellites,...
National or international item
18 February 1835
Following a general election, Irish O'Connell
ites, Whigs and Radicals formed an Opposition alliance at Lichfield House in London.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
407, 857
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
260
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
606
May 1836: Nicholas Wiseman (Rector of the English College...
Writing climate item
May 1836
Nicholas Wiseman
(Rector of the English College at Rome) and Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell
began publishing the Dublin Review in London.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 11-3, 23
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
124
1839: Supporters of Daniel O'Connell broke up a...
National or international item
1839
Supporters of Daniel O'Connell
broke up a Dublin meeting attended by Robert Lowery
.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
71
1840: Daniel O'Connell proposed an Irish parliament...
National or international item
1840
Daniel O'Connell
proposed an Irish parliament of 300 members, and embarked on a serious campaign for repeal of the Union between England and Ireland which had come into force on 1 January 1801.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
9
1843: A planned mass meeting of Irish nationalists,...
National or international item
1843
A planned mass meeting of Irish nationalists, headed by Daniel O'Connell
, was banned by the British government; O'Connell acquiesced, and the repeal movement was effectively silenced.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
9
May 1844: Irish Catholic barrister Daniel O'Connell...
National or international item
May 1844
Irish Catholic barrister Daniel O'Connell
was tried and found guilty of conspiracy against British rule and incitement to violence. Although he was sentenced to one year in prison with fines, the verdict was reversed four...
15 May 1847: The death of Daniel O'Connell (in Genoa in...
National or international item
15 May 1847
The death of Daniel O'Connell
(in Genoa in the course of a pilgrimage to Rome for his failing health) left Irish politics in disarray.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
56
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