Daniel O’Connell, “The Liberator”, the man whose voice rang out at monster meetings up and down the island of Ireland, a tireless crusader for religious freedom and the abolition of slavery has been “forgotten in plain sight”. That’s according to broadcaster Olivia O’Leary, whose new two-part series is the first new documentary on O’Connell to be broadcast on RTÉ television in …

Daniel O'Connell - Forgotten King of Ireland“I think it’s time to look again at a man who believed in purely peaceful means of progress.”
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