THE

LIFE AND SPEECHES

OF

DANIEL O'CONNELL, M.P.

EDITED BY HIS SON,

JOHN O'CONNELL, M.P.

KILKENNY CITY;

AUTHOR OF AN ARGUMENT FOR IRELAND, REPEAL DICTIONARY," ETC.

“Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not,

Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow!"

VOL. I.

BYRON.

DUBLIN:

PUBLISHED BY JAMES DUFFY,

10, WELLINGTON-QUAY.

LONDON: C. DOLMAN, 61, NEW BOND-STREET.

1846.

Purdon, Brothers, Steam-Press Printers, 23, Bachelor's-walk.

lassed

ΤΟ

THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND,

THE LONG-OPPRESSED,

THE LONG-ENDURING-THE PATIENT-THE FAITHFUL