THE WATERFORD COUNTY ELECTION OF 1826
By Eugene Broderick The June 1826 general election in County Waterford was a titanic struggle between entrenched opponents of Catholic Emancipation and an increasingly assertive and confident local Catholic Association, led nationally by Daniel O’Connell. In this contest Lord George Beresford represented the anti-Emancipation religious and political Protestant establishment, while the candidate of those who … Read more