‘REMEMBER YOUR SOUL AND YOUR LIBERTY’—THE 1836 LONGFORD BY-ELECTION

By Stephen Collins In the decade after Catholic Emancipation in 1829 Ireland was convulsed by political agitation, as Daniel O’Connell led a concerted campaign to get his supporters elected to the House of Commons. Longford was a prime example of how the battle lines were drawn during a series of elections in the 1830s; while ... Read more

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