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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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