Study

Daniel O’ Connell

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

  • Where did this 1798 rebellion happen?
    Wexford
  • How did Daniels parents manage to keep their estate?
    A Protestant friend signed the deeds
  • Catholic MPs not being allowed in parliament didn’t mean Catholics couldn’t do what?
    Be elected
  • Daniel moved to and studied in France. What was happening in France at the time?
    The French Revolution
  • Catholics couldn’t sit in parliament as MPs why?
    Oath to King as head of Church of England
  • Daniel became a what when he returned to Ireland?
    A lawyer
  • The association set up by Daniel to fight for catholic freedom was called/
    The catholic association
  • Name some of the things Catholics couldn’t do under penal laws?
    Vote, own land, own an expensive horse, set up a school, teach..
  • The Penal laws meant Catholics couldn’t gain two things. What were they?
    Wealth & power
  • Who paid for Daniel’s education?
    His uncle
  • What was the name of the act that was passed that meant MPs had to go to London?
    Act of Union
  • What flag was placed at Dublin castle?
    Union Jack
  • Daniel said no political change is worth a single drop of what?
    Of human blood
  • In what year did the United Irishmen have rebellion in? (Hint: same year Daniel became a lawyer)
    1798
  • Where was Daniel born?
    Carhan near Cahirciveen co. Kerry
  • He introduced a small membership fee for the association. This was called?
    A Catholics rent
  • What year was he born in?
    1775
  • What was the type of school Daniel attended?
    A hedge school
  • The religious and political freedom that Daniel sought was called what?
    Catholic emancipation
  • What were the laws passed under British rule that banned Catholics from doing certain things?
    Penal laws
  • Daniel became known as the what due to his election as an MP, the repeal of the Penal laws and changed the religious oath to an oath of allegiance
    The liberator