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  1. King Dan & the King’s man: Daniel O’Connell & Sir Walter Scott

    Dan Mulhall compares 2 towering 19th-century figures: Ireland’s Daniel O’Connell & Scotland’s Sir Walter Scott. But where Scott helped preserve & define Scottish identity through history, literature & tradition, O’Connell was above all a practical political reformer

    youtube.com/watch?v=_J94G6Utlek

    #Scottish #Irish #history #literature #19thcentury #DanielOCOnnell #SirWalterScott

  2. Not only did Mary #Wollstonecraft visit Ireland and like it, she was an important influence on #DanielOConnell

    A liberal who corresponded with Jeremy #Bentham for a time and tirelessly campaigned against slavery & for Catholic Emancipation, and Repeal, O'Connell sent his children to the school of Wollstonecraft's sister in Dublin.

    Daniel O’Connell’s philosophical influences
    irishphilosophy.com/2013/05/15

    O'Connell as Frankenstein's monster
    npg.org.uk/collections/search/

    #IrishPhilosophy