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Daniel O'Connell

1775 - 1847

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Daniel(I) O’Connell (Irish: Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ireland, down to the poorest class of tenant farmers, secured the final instalment of Catholic emancipation in 1829 and allowed him to take a seat in the United Kingdom Parliament to which he had been twice elected. At Westminster, O'Connell championed liberal and reform causes (being internationally renowned as an abolitionist) but he failed in his declared objective for Ireland – the repeal of the Act of Union 1800 and the restoration of an Irish Parliament. In 1843, a threat of military force induced O'Connell to call a halt to an unprecedented campaign of open-air mass meetings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel O'Connell is the 11,470th most popular politician (down from 10,781st in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 118th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel O'Connell ranks 11,470 out of 19,576. Before him are Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, Rawhi Fattouh, Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad, Farooq Leghari, Claude Pompidou, and Aeropus II of Macedon. After him are Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Mutassim Gaddafi, Audata, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Ngô Quyền, and John Owen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Daniel O'Connell ranks 31. Before him are Teréz Brunszvik, Manuel García, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Constance Mayer, Nicolas Isouard, and Antonio Bertoloni. After him are Stefan Bogoridi, Charles Lamb, François Marius Granet, Carlo Rossi, Adolf Stieler, and Thomas Girtin. Among people deceased in 1847, Daniel O'Connell ranks 30. Before him are Karl Friedrich Burdach, Marie Antoinette Murat, Friedrich von Gärtner, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, William Smith, and Thiệu Trị. After him are Erik Gustaf Geijer, Alexey Venetsianov, Tyagaraja, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, and José Joaquín de Olmedo.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Daniel O'Connell ranks 149 out of 549. Before him are Arthur Guinness (1725), Peter Brown (1935), Sally Oldfield (1947), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), George Browne (1698), and Colm Meaney (1953). After him are Roger Casement (1864), Edward Sabine (1788), Adomnán (624), Micheál Martin (1960), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), and Jim Sheridan (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Daniel O'Connell ranks 29. Before him are Edmund the Martyr (841), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Constantine III of Scotland (971), Arthur Griffith (1871), and Pat Cox (1952). After him are Micheál Martin (1960), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Patrick Hillery (1923), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), and Edward Bruce (1275).

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