Daniel O'Connell and the Irish Eighteenth Century

Daniel O’ConnellbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA and the Irish Eighteenth Century MAURICE R. O’CONNELL M u ch h as b e e n w ritte n o n D a n ie l O ’C o n n e ll, b u t n o h isto ria n h as trie d to se t h im ag ain st h is b a c k g ro u n d in e ig h te e n th -c e n tu ry Ire la n d . A se rio u s e x a m in a tio n h as b e e n m a d e o f h is v iew s o n th e G aelic lan g u ag e as h e fo u n d it in h is e a rly y e a rs, a n d so m e a tte n tio n , h o w e v e r in a d e q u a te , h as b e e n p a id to th e o rig in s o f h is a ttitu d e to v io le n c e . B u t o th e r a sp e c ts o f h is re la tio n sh ip to th e Ire la n d o f h is y o u th h av e scarcely b e e n stu d ie d a t all. T h ese in c lu d e h is lo y a lty to th e B ritish c ro w n , h is v e n e ra tio n fo r G ra tta n a n d “ G ra tta n ’s P a rlia m e n t,” h is e a rly a sso c ia tio n s in th e leg al p ro fe ssio n , h is a ttitu d e to th e Irish P ro te sta n t A sc e n d a n c y a n d h is v iew s o n se p a ra tio n o f c h u rc h a n d sta te . T h e p re se n t w rite r h as e d ite d O ’C o n n e ll’s c o rre sp o n d e n c e , w h ic h is in th e p ro c e ss o f p u b lic a tio n .1 T h is p ro je c t h as b ro u g h t n e w so u rc e s to lig h t a n d h as m a d e it n e c e ssa ry to in v e stig a te m u c h o ld a n d h a lf-fo rg o tte n m a te ria l. T h e in fo rm a tio n o b ta in e d h as m a d e it a p p ro p ria te to a tte m p t th is stu d y o f O ’C o n n e ll ag ain st h is e n v iro n m e n t in e ig h te e n th -c e n tu ry Ire la n d . 4 7 5 476 ihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA / MAURICE R. O’CONNELLbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA O n h is a ttitu d e to th e G aelic lan g u ag e it is n o t n e c e ssa ry to d w ell fo r lo n g , b e c a u se th e su b je c t h as b e e n d e a lt w ith v ery e ffe c tiv e ly b y th e la te P ro fe sso r G e ra rd M u rp h y in h is a rtic...