Daniel O'Connell and the Repeal Year

by Lawrence J. McCaffrey

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813153220
• ISBN13: 9780813153223
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher