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Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell (6 August, 1775 – 15 May, 1847) (Irish: Dónal Ó Conaill), known as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was Ireland's predominant political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century who championed the cause of the down-trodden Catholic population. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain.
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