O'Connell


O'Con·nell

O0024950 (ō-kŏn′əl), Daniel Known as "the Liberator." 1775-1847. Irish political leader. He founded the Catholic Association (1823) and was a leader in the struggle for Catholic emancipation and reform of the Irish government.

O'Connell

(əʊˈkɒnəl) n (Biography) Daniel. 1775–1847, Irish nationalist leader and orator, whose election to the British House of Commons (1828) forced the acceptance of Catholic emancipation (1829)