Tag: The House of Commons

#OTD in 1846 – Daniel O’Connell speaks about The Great Hunger in The House of Commons.

17/02/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

“No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus that sits on our energies, stops the pulsation of the nation’s heart and leaves to Ireland not gay vitality but horrid the convulsions of a troubled dream.” –Daniel O’Connell In […]

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#OTD in 1846 – Daniel O’Connell speaks about The Great Hunger in The House of Commons.

17/02/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

“No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus that sits on our energies, stops the pulsation of the nation’s heart and leaves to Ireland not gay vitality but horrid the convulsions of a troubled dream.” –Daniel O’Connell In […]

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#OTD in 1846 – Daniel O’Connell speaks about The Great Hunger in The House of Commons.

17/02/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

“No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus that sits on our energies, stops the pulsation of the nation’s heart and leaves to Ireland not gay vitality but horrid the convulsions of a troubled dream.” –Daniel O’Connell In […]

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#OTD in 1846 – Daniel O’Connell speaks about The Great Hunger in The House of Commons.

17/02/2017.Reading time 1 minute.

In the House of Commons, Daniel O’Connell warns about the dangers of The Great Hunger. “It was certain that there was a fearful prospect of a most calamitous season before the people of Ireland. The extent of that calamity had been disputed, and there had been a time when there was a prospect of some […]

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