Daniel O'Connell and the Repeal Year /
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'...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Lexington] :
University of Kentucky Press,
1966.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780813163543 |