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Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847)
Born in Cahersiveen and elected from Ennis as the first Catholic member of the
British Parliament, O'Connell was the hero of Catholic emancipation in Ireland.
Educated in France at a time when punitive anti-Catholic laws limited schooling for
Irish Catholics at home, he witnessed the carnage of the French Revolution. Upon
his return to Ireland, he saw more bloodshed during the futile Rebellion of 1798.
He chose law as his profession and reluctantly killed a man who challenged him to
a duel.
Abhorring all this violence, O'Connell dedicated himself to peacefully gaining
equal rights for Catholics in an Ireland dominated by a wealthy Protestant minority.
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