IRELAND, DEATH OF DANIEL O'CONNELL 1847

Death of Daniel O'Connell 1847, Published by S. Geoghegan, white metal, 52mm.dia., obv., bust facing right with O'Connell above, rev., 12 line inscription within a wreath. GVF.

Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847) (Irish: Dónal Ó Conaill), known as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years — and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain.

Memorial In O'Connell St. Dublin.

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