"My days – the blossom of my youth and the flower of my manhood – have been darkened by the dreariness of servitude. In this my native land – in the land of my sires – I am degraded without fault as an alien and an outcast."
— Daniel O'Connell

January 1, 1970

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomPolitical activistsPoliticians from IrelandCatholics from IrelandActivists from Ireland
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July 1812, aged 37, reflecting on the failure to secure equal rights or Catholic Emancipation for Catholics in Ireland. Quoted in J O'Connell (ed.), The Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, Vol. I (1846), p. 185