Repeal Association

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The Repeal Association was a 19th-century Irish political organization, led by Daniel O’Connell, that campaigned to overturn the 1800 Act of Union and restore an independent Irish parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish political movement ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
activeIn 19th century ⓘ
aim repeal of the Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
associatedWith The Nation ⓘ
surface form: The Nation newspaper

Young Ireland movement ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dissolvedInto Irish National Federation ⓘ
surface form: Irish Confederation

successor nationalist organizations ⓘ
foundedBy Daniel O’Connell ⓘ
goal restoration of an independent Irish parliament ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Charles Gavan Duffy ⓘ
Daniel O’Connell ⓘ
John O’Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Davis ⓘ
Thomas Steele ⓘ
William Smith O'Brien ⓘ
surface form: William Smith O’Brien
hasPart Repeal Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Repeal Association parliamentary party

Members of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Repeal MPs
historicalSignificance central organization of O’Connell’s Repeal movement ⓘ
major precursor of later Irish home rule campaigns ⓘ
ideology constitutional nationalism ⓘ
influenced Home Rule movement ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
influencedBy Catholic Association ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leader Daniel O’Connell ⓘ
location Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
membershipType mass movement ⓘ
method mass political mobilization ⓘ
peaceful agitation ⓘ
notableEvent Clontarf meeting (planned and banned) ⓘ
monster meeting at Tara ⓘ
opposedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: Whig Party (UK)
opposedTo Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
surface form: Act of Union 1800
politicalPosition Irish nationalism ⓘ
politicalStrategy mass membership organization ⓘ
parliamentary agitation at Westminster ⓘ
religiousSupportBase Irish Catholics ⓘ
used monster meetings ⓘ
petition campaigns ⓘ
public rallies ⓘ
usedSlogan Repeal ⓘ
Repeal of the Union ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Smith O'Brien → memberOf → Repeal Association ⓘ
Irish Home Rule movement → precededBy → Repeal Association ⓘ
Thomas Francis Meagher → memberOf → Repeal Association ⓘ
Daniel O’Connell → movement → Repeal Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: Repeal movement
Repeal Association → hasPart → Repeal Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Repeal Association parliamentary party
Young Ireland movement → splitFrom → Repeal Association ⓘ