It took more than two years for the Republic to accept the gift of a painting of Daniel O’Connell from ... by one of the ...
Perhaps the reason for this was the opposition of both the Catholic clergy and Daniel O’Connell, once O’Connor’s friend and now his firm enemy. O’Connell boasted that he kept Ireland free ...
Newly released files from the National Archives in Dublin show a protracted process in which plans to display that original ...