Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill) was born on 6 August 1775 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry. Hailed in his time as The Liberator, he was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. O'Connell championed the rights and liberties of people throughout the world including those of peasants in India, Maoris in New Zealand, Aborigines in Australia and Jews in Europe.

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For the night that’s in it: window in Daniel O’Connell’s home, Derrynane, Co. Kerry. #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #FuinneogFriday #Mastodaoine #Derrynane #Kerry #DanielOConnell #TheLiberator
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrynane_House

4 Feb: #DanielOConnell in 1830 became the first Roman Catholic to take his seat in the House of Commons in Westminster since the Test Acts of 1673 and 1678. https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/revolution/overview/catholicsprotestants/

O'Connell had defeated William Vesey-FitzGerald in a #Clare by-election on 5 July 1828, but could not take his seat until the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 was passed https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/2015-parliament-in-the-making/get-involved1/2015-banners-exhibition/rachel-gadsden/1829-catholic-emancipation-act-gallery/

O'Connell was returned unopposed on 30 July 1830.

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Not only did Mary #Wollstonecraft visit Ireland and like it, she was an important influence on #DanielOConnell

A liberal who corresponded with Jeremy #Bentham for a time and tirelessly campaigned against slavery & for Catholic Emancipation, and Repeal, O'Connell sent his children to the school of Wollstonecraft's sister in Dublin.

Daniel O’Connell’s philosophical influences
https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2013/05/15/modern-prometheus-oconnell/

O'Connell as Frankenstein's monster
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw206038/Political-Frankensteins--Alarmed-at-the-progress-of-a-Giant-of-their-own-Creation

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If you need to relax after the World Cup final, how about a video on Derrynane Abbey, Kerry. Little is known about it, but it is said to have been founded in the 6th century by St Finian. Associated with Daniel O'Connell, his wife and other relatives are buried there #Derrynane #Kerry #wildatlanticway #irishhistory #irisharchaeology #abbey #history #danieloconnell