By Karl
By Jordan D. Daniel O' Connell was born in Co Kerry in 1775. He came from a Catholic family that was very wealthy so they managed to keep their land by giving the government money even in spite of the penal laws.
While he was over in France studying to be a lawyer he saw much bloodshed during the French Revolution and that was what turned Daniel O Connell against violence. O' Connell was a clever lawyer and a fine speaker. His aim was to abolish the penal laws.
When he got home to Ireland there was a election in Co. Clare to be come a member of parliament which is now in London because The Act of Union. He told all the members of the parliament that the penal laws were unfair and that is why the penal laws were abolished. All thanks to Daniel O Connell.
We created posters of Daniel O' Connell as 'The Liberator' to remind us of the story!
By Leon Bannerman.
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