Daniel O'Connell
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Daniel O'Connell, 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. His mobilisation of Catholic Ir
1834 portrait of O'Connell by George Hayter
Catholic Emancipation as a world upside down: held aloft, Daniel O'Connell promises wigs – symbol of Ascendancy rank and property – for "ye all." (Isaac Cruikshank 1789–1856)
The Repealer Repulsed, Belfast 1841
O'Connell's "chariot", now on display in Derrynane House
O'Connell Monument
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The O'Connell Monument is a 40 ft high commemorative granite and bronze monument honouring nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell located on O'Connell Street, the main thoroughfare of Dublin, Ireland.
Daniel O'Connell
…1971 when damaged by a loyalist bomb (retaliation for the IRA's destruction of Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street), the tower was re-opened in 2018. His statue (the work of John Henry Foley) was erected in 1882 at the bottom of Sackville Street, renamed O'Connell Street in 1922. O'Connell Streets also exist…
Seen from O'Connell Bridge
Seen from O'Connell Bridge
Close up of O'Connell (showing bullet holes)
The monument in 2015