The Nation (Irish newspaper)
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The Nation was an Irish nationalist weekly newspaper, published in the 1840s initially in support of the Repeal Association of Daniel O'Connell. Against the background of the Great Famine, the Young I
The Nation Irish newspaper
Birth of The Nation
Thomas Davis
Charles Gavan Duffy
Charles Gavan Duffy
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Sir Charles Gavan Duffy KCMG, PC was an Irish poet, politician and journalist, Young Irelander and tenant-rights activist. After emigrating to Australia in 1856 he entered the politics of Victoria on
The Nation (Irish newspaper)
…O'Sullivan, were all "free from the slightest taint of bigotry, and were anxious to unite all creeds and classes for the country's welfare.". They were Charles Gavan Duffy, its first editor; Thomas Davis, and John Blake Dillon. All three were members of Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association, which sought repeal of the…
Duffy in 1880
Charles Gavan Duffy circa 1845
Grave of Charles Gavan Duffy, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin