the daniel o'connell monument, o'connell street, dublin.

known as the liberator or the emancipator, daniel o'connell 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.

he is remembered in ireland as the founder of a non-violent form of irish nationalism and also for the mobilisation of the catholic community as a political force in order to achieve emancipation.