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Full title "The Loyal National Repeal Association"
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Poor result for O'Connell's "Irish Repeal Party" down from 39 MPs to just 20. Peel's Conservative Party win a majority of the seats in the House of Commons.
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John Mitchell is it's chief writer. It contains songs, stories and histories of Ireland. It plays a key role in developing cultural identity and
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This reform by Peel created three new non-denominational colleges in Ireland (Queens in Belfast was on of them). This caused a split in the Repeal Association as O'Connell denounced them as "Godless Colleges" whereas the Young Irleanders broadly were in favour of non-denominal education.
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Prime Minister Lord John Russell
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Set up by John Shine Lawlor, Charles Gavin Duffy and Thomas Francis Meagher
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Liberal Government, influenced by lassez-faire economic theory, abandon public works and put poor relief in the hands of the landlords. Landlords react by evicting tenants. This law also bankrupted many landlords and Poor Law Unions.
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The ill-fated "Battle of Widow McCormick's Cabbage Patch" was prompted by a government crackdown on the Young Irelanders. William Smith-O'Brien decides that the group must make a symbolic effort although they knew they had no chance of success.