Daniel O'Connell found guilty of conspiring against British rule

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Paul Delaney (Trinity College Dublin), Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

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Civil Wars, Revolutions and Insurrections

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Date of occurrence 1844-05

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Ireland, Republic of (Eire) (Location)
United Kingdom (Location)

Daniel O'Connell, the longstanding activist for Irish independence, had given up his seat in the Westminster Parliament to become Lord Mayor of Dublin. He continued his campaign via a new organisation, the Repeal Association, which he used to arrange public meetings so huge (sometimes attended by 100 000 people) that they were known as 'Monster Meetings'. One of these was planned to take place in 1843 at Clontarf, just outside Dublin, but Prime Minister Robert Peel, concerned at the potential for violence, banned it. Even though O'Connell obeyed this ruling and cancelled it, he was arrested, charged with conspiring against the British government, and found guilty. He was sentenced to a year's imprisonment, although he was released after …

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