Daniel O'Connell
Engraving of
Daniel O'Connell as a young barrister,
Dublin Magazine, March 1813.
See
other version
and
other version.
Images courtesy of
Cork Multitext Project, UCC
(formerly
here).
Used with permission.
Daniel O'Connell,
"The Liberator",
born 6 Aug 1775.
See
wikipedia
and
wikitree.
The leader of Catholic Ireland in the first half of the 19th century.
The father of the modern nation of Ireland.
An opponent of violent revolution, and a global example of peaceful political change.
Probably the most uncontroversially admired figure in Irish history.
Lived at (his ancestral home)
Derrynane House,
near
Waterville, end of Iveragh peninsula, SW Co.Kerry.
He was a barrister.
He was admitted to
King's Inns, Dublin.
See
entry in index.
He was admitted
in
Easter Term 1795.
He was called to the Bar in 1798.
He
mar 1802 to
Mary O'Connell
[descendant of
Edward III].
He defended
Rowan Cashel in 1816.
Elected MP for Co.Clare in by-election 1828.
Disbarred from taking his seat because Catholic.
He achieved
Catholic Emancipation
for Ireland in 1829
(under the government of the
Duke of Wellington).
MP for Co.Clare 1828-1830.
He helped found
Glasnevin Cemetery
in 1832.
Mary died 31 October 1836.
She was bur at
Derrynane Abbey,
Abbey Island, near Derrynane House, Co.Kerry.
See
map.
See
findagrave.
See
360 view
of her grave.
He
campaigned for
Repeal
of the Act of Union.
Lord Mayor of Dublin 1841.
(He was the first Catholic Lord Mayor since the reign of
James II.)
He went on a pilgrimage to Rome
and died on the trip in Italy, 15 May 1847, age 71 yrs.
He was buried in
Glasnevin Cemetery,
in probably the most spectacular grave in Ireland
- a full-size round tower.
See
findagrave.
He and Mary
had issue:
- Maurice O'Connell, MP,
born 27 June 1803.
- Ellen O'Connell,
eldest dau, born 1805.
See wikitree.
Would be after grandmother.
She mar 1825 to Christopher FitzSimon
and had issue.
- John O'Connell, MP,
born 1810.
Daniel O'Connell.
Image from
LOC.
The only known photograph of Daniel O'Connell. Taken in 1844.
From NGI.
- Named after Daniel O'Connell:
References
Books about Daniel O'Connell
- The Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, MP,
edited by his son John O'Connell, 1846.
- Personal Recollections of the Late Daniel O'Connell, William J. O'Neill Daunt, 1848.
[NLI] Ir 92 o 138.
- Life and times of Daniel O'Connell, C.M. O'Keeffe, 1864.
- Vol.1 (1775 to 1814)
- Vol.2 (1814 to 1847)
- Republished in: Centenary of O'Connell: Life and times of Daniel O'Connell (compilation),
published by John Mullany, Dublin, 1875.
- The life and times of Daniel O'Connell,
Thomas Clarke Luby, 1870.
- Life of Daniel O'Connell, the liberator,
Sister Mary Frances Cusack, 1872.
- O'Connell pedigree on
p.6.
- Notes on O'Connell pedigree on
p.778.
The letters seem to refer to some other pedigree, but I cannot see what.
- The Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell,
ed. W.J. Fitzpatrick, 1888.
- Vol.1.
- Vol.2.
See index.
-
[NLI] main building
15A 2474-2475. Catalogue records hidden for some reason.
- The Life of Daniel O'Connell,
Michael MacDonagh, 1903.
Deeds involving Daniel O'Connell
- Deed
of Oct 1807.
Daniel O'Connell of Dublin, barrister,
and McCarthy
and others.
Registered 26 Mar 1810.
[LR]
618 386 425628.
- Deed of 10 Aug 1809.
Daniel O'Connell
and Cooper and others.
Registered 18 Aug 1809.
[LR]
613 538 419848.
Property in Co.Cork.
- Deed of 26 Sept 1809.
Daniel O'Connell
and Barber.
Registered 6 Dec 1809.
[LR]
616 407 422711.
House in Westland Row, Dublin.
- Deed of 9 Nov 1809.
Daniel O'Connell
and Hussey
and Hickson.
Registered 10 Nov 1809.
[LR]
615 412 421720.
House in Westland Row, Dublin.
- Deed
of 2 Dec 1812.
Daniel O'Connell
and Hussey.
Registered 3 Dec 1812.
[LR]
654 183 450448.
- Deed
of 30 Oct 1813.
Daniel O'Connell
and Humphry Moynahan
and others.
Registered 30 Oct 1813.
[LR]
670 32 459587.
- Deed
of 5 Sept 1814.
Daniel O'Connell
and others.
Registered 3 Mar 1815.
[LR]
686 202 471737.
- Deed
of 23 Mar 1815.
Daniel O'Connell
and Freeman.
Registered 20 July 1816.
[LR]
704 573 482909.
Property in Co.Kerry.
- Deed
of 24 Mar 1815.
Daniel O'Connell
and John O'Connell of Grenagh
and William Blennerhassett of Blennerville.
Registered 1825.
[LR]
808 596 545331.
- Deed
of 13 Nov 1815.
Daniel O'Connell
and Doherty.
Registered 13 Nov 1815.
[LR]
695 185 477110.
Property in Merrion Square.
- Deed
of 6 Jan 1816.
Daniel O'Connell
and Hickson
and James O'Connell of Derrynane.
Registered 8 Feb 1816.
[LR]
698 316 479031.
Property in Co.Kerry.
- Deed
of 4 May 1816.
Marriage settlement of Alexander O'Driscoll and Honora O'Sullivan.
Daniel O'Connell trustee.
Registered 22 Feb 1821.
[LR]
760 38 515973.
- Deed
of 28 Aug 1816.
Daniel O'Connell
and Anne Hilliard of Tralee,
and Stephen Henry Rice of Tralee.
Registered 26 Feb 1817.
[LR]
712 141 487276.
Property in Co.Kerry.
- Deed
of 10 Mar 1817.
Hickson
and James O'Connell of Derrynane,
and
Daniel O'Connell
and John O'Connell of Grena
and Daniel Count O'Connell.
Registered 11 Mar 1817.
[LR]
712 436 487572.
Property in Co.Kerry.
- Deed
of 4 Sept 1817.
Daniel O'Connell
and John O'Connell of Grenagh
and James O'Connell of Derrynane,
and Daniel Count O'Connell.
Registered 20 Nov 1817.
[LR]
721 307 492843.
Property in Co.Kerry.
- Deed
of 19 Sept 1818.
George Goodman,
and
James Connor of Tralee, attorney,
and
Daniel O'Connell
and Richard Leyne of Tralee.
Registered 30 Sept 1818.
[LR]
732 225 499360.
- Deed
of 2 Mar 1820.
Daniel O'Connell
and Hickson and Foley.
Registered 15 Mar 1820.
[LR]
750 99 510034.
Property in Co.Dublin.
- Deed
of 13 Feb 1821.
Daniel O'Connell and many others
in complex deed.
Registered 29 July 1822.
[LR]
773 578 524313.
- Deed
of 3 May 1822.
Daniel O'Connell
and O'Reardon and Lewis.
Registered 4 May 1822.
[LR]
771 377 522912.
- Deed
of 13 Sept 1823.
Daniel O'Connell
and James O'Connell of Killarney
and John Drew Atkins.
Registered 18 Sept 1823.
[LR]
784 449 530784.
- Deed
of 10 Mar 1824.
Daniel O'Connell
and Minchin and Hickson.
Registered 1824.
[LR]
789 552 533887.
- Deed
of 10 Mar 1824.
Daniel O'Connell
and Minchin and Hickson.
Registered 1824.
[LR]
789 553 533888.
- Deed
of 15 Feb 1826.
Daniel O'Connell
and John O'Connell of Grenagh
and James O'Connell of Lakeview
and others.
Registered 1826.
[LR]
811 533 547068.
- Deed
of 31 Dec 1825.
Bridget Doyle and
Daniel O'Connell, trustee, and the
Wide Streets Commission.
Registered 1826.
[LR]
815 372 549307.
- Deed
of 12 Aug 1828.
Daniel O'Connell
and others.
Registered 1829.
[LR]
853 411 570411.
- Deed
of 30 June 1829.
Daniel O'Connell
and a large number of other people in Dublin.
Registered 1829.
[LR]
850 364 568864.
Not relevant
Unidentified
Daniel O'Connell of Co.Kerry:
- Deed
of 22 Nov 1825.
Marriage settlement of
Daniel O'Connell of (illegible), Co.Kerry,
and Ellen Hoare.
Registered 1826.
[LR]
813 414 548149.
Unidentified
Daniel O'Connell of Co.Cork:
- Deed
of 28 Feb 1811.
Daniel O'Connell of Kilcaskan, near Kanturk, Co.Cork,
and others.
Registered 1813.
[LR]
670 26 459581.
- Deed
of 12 Dec 1812.
Daniel O'Connell of Kilcaskan
and others.
Registered 1814.
[LR]
673 54 462880.
- Deed
of 11 Feb 1814.
Daniel O'Connell of Kilcaskan
and others.
Registered 1815.
[LR]
684 424 470797.
Unidentified Daniel O'Connell of Co.Clare:
- Deed
of 24 July 1811.
Daniel O'Connell of Co.Clare.
Registered 1813.
[LR]
671 129 460683.
- Deed
of 5 Aug 1814.
Daniel O'Connell of Co.Clare.
Registered 1815.
[LR]
685 56 470997.
- Deed
of Feb 1815.
Daniel O'Connell of Co.Clare.
Registered 1815.
[LR]
685 115 471056.
- Deed
of 27 Apr 1815.
Daniel O'Connell of Co.Clare.
Registered 1815.
[LR]
693 420 476144.
- Deed
of 24 Oct 1829.
Daniel O'Connell of Co.Clare.
Registered 1829.
[LR]
853 483 570483.
Sources yet to be consulted
-
"The O'Connell papers. Unpublished Diary and Letters of Daniel O'Connell".
Series in
The Irish monthly,
1882 to 1887.
- Vol.10, 1882.
- See pp. 333-342,
pp. 437-443,
pp. 449-458,
pp. 507-513,
pp. 583-591,
pp. 624-631,
pp. 717-721,
pp. 775-779.
-
See
NLI.
- Vol.11, 1883.
- See pp. 49-54,
pp. 219-226,
pp. 341-346,
pp. 391-402,
pp. 424-433,
pp. 511-519,
pp. 549-556.
- See NLI.
- Vol.12, 1884.
- See pp. 100-107,
pp. 150-157,
pp. 213-216,
pp. 367-372,
pp. 589-594.
- See NLI.
- Vol.14, 1886.
- Vol.15, 1887.
