Title: Daniel O'Connell
Description: The Rath of Mullamast (Mullaghmast is a variant spelling) is located on a prominent hill in the parish of Narraghmore, County Kildare. It was the scene of a massacre of some of the seven septs of Leix on New Year's Day, 1577. On the tenth of October, 1843, a gathering of several thousand supporters of repeal of the Act of Union met there. Daniel O'Connell, nicknamed the Liberator, addressed the gathering. He was a member of the House of Commons and founder of the Repeal Association, which sought to restore home rule to Ireland. The Act of Union had abolished the Irish Parliament, establishing direct rule from England in 1800. Most native Irish resented it.
Subjects: Politicians, Nationalists, Biography, History
Places: Ireland
People: Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847)
Time periods: 19th century