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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787466703321

Autore

McCaffrey Lawrence J (Lawrence John), <1925-2020>

Titolo

Daniel O'Connell and the Repeal year / / Lawrence J. McCaffrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University of Kentucky Press, , 1966

©1966

ISBN

0-8131-8631-5

0-8131-6354-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

320.9415

Soggetti

Home rule - Ireland

Ireland Politics and government 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliographical footnotes.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1. Background of the Repeal Agitation of 1843; CHAPTER 2.  Course of the Agitation; CHAPTER 3. Unionist Reactions to Repeal; CHAPTER 4. Peel Reconsiders the Irish Question; CHAPTER 5. Peel Confronts O'Connell; CHAPTER 6. Epilogue: Peel's Irish Policy, 1844-1845; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Irish historians have minimized Daniel O'Connell's role in the Irish liberty movement in favor of later nationalist leaders, largely because of his failure in the 1843 movement for repeal of the Act of Union. In this first detailed study of the final, crucial episode in O'Connell's career, Lawrence J. McCaffrey reassesses his place in Ireland's struggle for independence. The Repeal agitation is viewed as marking a watershed in the course of Irish nationalism. The significance of this study, however, extends beyond the affairs of England and Ireland. It shows Daniel O'Connell to be among the fi