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![Daniel O'Connel1.JPG - Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847) (Irish: Dónal Ó Conaill), known as The Liberator,[1] or The Emancipator,[2] 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.The statue, designed and sculpted by John Henry Foley and completed by his assistant Thomas Brock. Widely considered Foley’s finest work, the foundation stone was laid in 1864 and the monument unveiled to enormous crowds in 1882.](Daniel O'Connel1.JPG) |
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| Daniel O'Connel1 | Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847) (Irish: Dónal Ó Conaill), known as The Liberator,[1] or The Emancipator,[2] 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. The statue, designed and sculpted by John Henry Foley and completed by his assistant Thomas Brock. Widely considered Foley’s finest work, the foundation stone was laid in 1864 and the monument unveiled to enormous crowds in 1882. | |
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