Speech given at a ‘monster’ meeting held at Drogheda, June, 1843.
Daniel O'Connell:
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O’Connell recalling the spirited conduct of the Irish soldiers in Wellington’s army, at the Monster meeting held at Mullaghmast. Envoi, Taking Leave of Roy Foster, by Brendan Clifford and Julianne Herlihy, Aubane Historical Society, Cork.pg 16
Letter to Bishop Doyle, 1831 (O’Connell Correspondence, Vol IV, Letter No. 1860).
“The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood”
Written in his Journal, Dec 1796, and one of O'Connell's most well-known quotes. Quoted by O'Ferrall, F., Daniel O'Connell, Dublin, 1981, p. 12
O’Connell’s Correspondence, Letter No 700, Vol II
Letter to T.M. Ray, 1839, on English attitudes to Ireland (O’Connell Correspondence, Vol VI, Letter No. 2588).
Written in his Journal, 2nd Jan 1799, referring to the recent 1798 Rebellion. Quoted from Vol I, p. 205, of O'Neill Daunt, W. J., Personal Recollections of the Late Daniel O'Connell, M.P., 2 Vols, London, 1848.
Writing in The Nation (Irish newspaper), 18 November, 1843.
July 1812, aged 37, reflecting on the failure to secure equal rights or Catholic Emancipation for Catholics in Ireland. Quoted from Vol I, p. 185, of O'Connell, J. (ed.) The Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, 2 Vols, Dublin, 1846)
“Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men”
from his speech in Mallow, County Cork