Daniel O'Connell, speech at the Royal Exchange (13 June 1820), quoted in The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M.P., Second Series, ed. John O'Connell (1855), p. 75
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Let us unite to put down bigotry—it is the cause of our country that is at stake; let us rally round that cause, and let our motto be Grattan and Ireland!

— Daniel O'Connell on Henry Grattan

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About Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O'Connell (Irish language: Dónal Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was a political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ireland through to the poorest class of tenant farmer helped secure Catholic emancipation in 1829 and allowed him to take his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom after he was elected a second time.