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William Smith O'Brien

1803 - 1864

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William Smith O'Brien (Irish: Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain; 17 October 1803 – 18 June 1864) was an Irish republican who, in the course of Ireland's Great Famine, had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist Member of the United Kingdom Parliament. Returning from revolutionary Paris (the Second French Republic) with the first Irish tricolour, in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion. With fellow "Young Irelanders" he was convicted of sedition and transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Pardoned, in 1856 he returned to Ireland, were he published an unrepentant memoir and, through Ossianic Society, promoted the study and revival of the Irish language. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Smith O'Brien is the 650th most popular social activist (down from 649th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 348th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, William Smith O'Brien ranks 650 out of 840. Before her are Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Karen Silkwood, Ryan White, Mukhtar Mai, Jared Taylor, and Norma Cruz. After her are Jadav Payeng, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Medha Patkar, Fannie Lou Hamer, Harry Hay, and Samuel Gompers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, William Smith O'Brien ranks 78. Before her are Heinrich Ewald, Juan Bravo Murillo, Manuel Felipe de Tovar, Carl Jacob Löwig, Jacob Abbott, and Domingo Nieto. After her are Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, and William Allen. Among people deceased in 1864, William Smith O'Brien ranks 72. Before her are Alexander Vostokov, William T. Anderson, John Clare, Robert Torrens, Benjamin Silliman, and John Sedgwick. After her are Leonidas Polk, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Smith O'Brien ranks 353 out of 549. Before her are Derek Daly (1953), Stephen Kelly (1983), Con Leahy (1876), William J. Duane (1780), Johnny Giles (1940), and Paul McShane (1986). After her are Johnny Carey (1919), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Sally Rooney (1991), Dave Allen (1936), and Denis Irwin (1965).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Ireland

Among social activists born in Ireland, William Smith O'Brien ranks 6. Before her are Mary Harris Jones (1837), William Howard Russell (1820), Wolfe Tone (1763), Eoin O'Duffy (1890), and Robert Emmet (1778).

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