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O'Connell's Monster Meetings: The Peaceful Mass Movement
In the 1840s, Daniel O'Connell mobilized millions of Irish people in peaceful mass meetings demanding repeal of the Act of Union. This episode explores the tactics, drama, and eventual suppression of the monster meetings, from the Hill of Tara to the fateful ban at Clontarf. We examine O'Connell's constitutional nationalism, the role of the Repeal Association, the impact of Young Ireland and Thomas Davis, and how the movement collapsed under Prime Minister Robert Peel's military threats. A key chapter in the struggle for Irish self-government.
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