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Catholic Association
Catholic Association, 1823–9. Daniel O'Connell's Catholic Association, founded in Ireland in 1823, was one of the most successful pressure groups of the 19th cent. Its object was to persuade or force the British government to grant catholic emancipation, allowing catholics to sit in Parliament. It organized petitions, held monster meetings, collected the ‘catholic rent’ of a penny a month, and was accused of drilling and intimidation. Attempts to suppress the association in 1825 failed, since it merely reconstituted itself. When O'Connell (unable as a catholic to take the oath) was returned to Parliament at the Co. Clare by-election in July 1828, Wellington gave way rather than risk civil war. As a sop to the die-hards, the grant of catholic emancipation was preceded by an Act suppressing the association, but it had already voluntarily dissolved itself, its work done.
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JOHN CANNON. "Catholic Association." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Catholic Association." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CatholicAssociation.html JOHN CANNON. "Catholic Association." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CatholicAssociation.html |
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Catholic Association
Catholic Association, established May 1823 to campaign for Catholic emancipation. Initially composed of the same mixture of merchants, professional men, and landowners that had dominated previous such organizations, it was transformed by the Catholic rent into a mass‐based political movement of an unprecedented kind. It was suppressed in March 1825 under the recently introduced Unlawful Societies Act. A New Catholic Association launched in July remained within the letter of the law by confining its formal proceedings to issues of religion and public welfare, leaving the direct agitation of Catholic grievances to separate public meetings.
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"Catholic Association." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Catholic Association." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-CatholicAssociation.html "Catholic Association." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-CatholicAssociation.html |
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Catholic Association
Catholic Association, 1823–9. Daniel O'Connell's Catholic Association, founded in Ireland in 1823, was one of the most successful pressure groups of the 19th cent. Its object was to persuade or force the British government to grant catholic emancipation, allowing catholics to sit in Parliament. It organized petitions, held monster meetings, collected the ‘catholic rent’ of a penny a month, and was accused of drilling and intimidation. When O'Connell (unable as a catholic to take the oath) was returned to Parliament at the Co. Clare by‐election in July 1828, Wellington gave way rather than risk civil war.
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JOHN CANNON. "Catholic Association." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Catholic Association." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CatholicAssociation.html JOHN CANNON. "Catholic Association." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CatholicAssociation.html |
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Catholic Association
Catholic Association. An association founded in 1823 by D. O'Connell for the defence of RC interests in Ireland. Its influence largely contributed to the passing of the Catholic Relief Act 1829.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Catholic Association." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Catholic Association." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CatholicAssociation.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Catholic Association." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CatholicAssociation.html |
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