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Irish nationalist politician ( 1803-1864 ) For other people named William O'Brien , see William O' Brien ( disambiguation ) . The Hon . William Smith O'Brien Portrait by George Francis Mulvany Born 17 October 1803 Dromoland , Newmarket on Fergus , County Clare , Ireland Died 18 June 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) Bangor , Gwynedd , Wales Resting place Rathronan Cemetery , Ardagh , County Limerick , Ireland 52°30 ′25″N 9°04′21″W / 52.506997°N 9.072535°W / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 Education Trinity College , Cambridge Known for Irish nationalist MP , leader of the Young Ireland movement William Smith O'Brien ( Irish : Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain ; 17 October 1803 - 18 June 1864 ) was an Irish republican who , in the course of Ireland 's Great Famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist Member of the United Kingdom Parliament . Returning from revolutionary Paris ( the Second French Republic ) with the first Irish tricolour , in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion . With fellow " Young Irelanders " he was convicted of sedition and transported to Van Diemen 's Land ( Tasmania ) . Pardoned , in 1856 he returned to Ireland , were he published an unrepentant memoir and , through Ossianic Society , promoted the study and revival of the Irish language . Early life Born in Dromoland , Newmarket on Fergus , County Clare , William Smith O'Brien was the second son of Sir Edward O'Brien , 4th Baronet , of Dromoland Castle . His mother was Charlotte Smith , whose father owned a property called Cahirmoyle in County Limerick . William took the additional surname Smith , his mother 's maiden name , upon inheriting the property . He lived at Cahermoyle House , a mile from Ardagh , County Limerick . He was a descendant of the eleventh century Ard Rí ( High King of Ireland ) , Brian Boru . He received an upper-class English education at Harrow School and Trinity College , Cambridge . Subsequently , he studied law at King 's Inns in Dublin and Lincoln 's Inn in London . " Young Ireland in Business for Himself " , John Leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for Punch magazine showing Smith O'Brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the Young Irelanders from the Repeal Association From April 1828 to 1831 Smith O'Brien was the Tory faction MP for Ennis , his father 's borough . Although a Protestant country-gentleman , he supported Catholic Emancipation and the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 while remaining a supporter of British-Irish union . In 1835 Smith O'Brien became Whig MP for County Limerick . In 1837 Daniel O'Connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also Smith O'Brien 's support for granting state payments to Catholic clergy . The Catholic Bishops came out in support of O'Connell 's stance on Church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the Catholic religion . " Smith O'Brien remained in the House of Commons until 1849 when his seat was forfeited . Young Ireland and the Irish Confederation In 1843 , in protest against the imprisonment of Daniel O'Connell , he joined O'Connell 's anti-union Repeal Association . Within the association he identified with the circle around Charles Gavan Duffy and his paper The Nation which O'Connell in hostile reference to Giuseppe Mazzini 's anti-clerical and insurrectionary Young Italy dubbed Young Ireland . After O'Connell and his son John forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , Smith O'Brien withdrew with the Young Irelanders into a new Irish Confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until O'Connell 's death in May 1847 . The objectives of the Confederation were " independence of the Irish nation " with " no means to attain that end abjured , save such as were inconsistent with honour , morality and reason " . In the Confederation Duffy was trying to hold together a broad national coalition , and had for that reason advanced Smith O'Brien , as a Protestant and a landowner , to the leadership . On the Confederation 's Council Duffy and Smith O'Brien were supported by Patrick James Smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the Confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in Ireland . As the famine took hold , Smith O'Brien started organising practical relief . By the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the Irish Confederation Council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an Irish national government able take control of national resources . In March 1848 , Smith O'Brien called for the formation of a National Guard . He was arrested , but acquitted on a charge of sedition . In May , Duffy published " The Creed of the Nation . " If Irish independence was to come by force , it would be in the form of a Republic . The Government made clear that its chosen response to the crisis in Ireland was coercion not concession . John Mitchel was convicted under new martial law measures approved by Parliament ( including by a number of " Old Ireland " O' Connellite MPs ) . On 9 July 1848 Duffy was arrested for sedition . He managed to smuggle a few lines out to The Nation but the issue that would have carried his declaration , that there was no remedy now but the sword , was seized and the paper suppressed . Rebellion Removal of Smith O'Brien under sentence of death Main article : Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 Planning for an insurrection had already advanced . Mitchel , although the first to call for action , had scoffed at the necessity for systematic preparation . Smith O'Brien , to Duffy 's surprise , attempted the task . In March 1848 Smith O'Brien and Thomas Francis Meagher returned from revolutionary Paris with hopes of French assistance . ( Among the leading republicans in France , Ledru-Rollin had been loud in his declaration of French support for the Irish cause ) . There was also talk of an Irish-American brigade and of a Chartist diversion in England With Duffy 's arrest , it was left to Smith O'Brien to confront the reality of the Confederates ' domestic isolation . Having with Meagher and John Dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 July Smith O'Brien raised the standard of revolt in Kilkenny . This was a tricolour he and Meagher had brought back from France , its colours ( green for Catholics , orange for Protestants ) intended to symbolise the United Irish republican ideal . As Smith O'Brien proceeded into County Tipperary he was greeted by curious crowds , but found himself in command of only a few hundred ill-clad largely unarmed men . They scattered after their first skirmish with the constabulary , derisively referred to by The Times of London as " Battle of Widow McCormack 's Cabbage Patch " . Conviction Daguerrotype of Thomas Francis Meagher , William Smith O'Brien with soldier and jailer in Kilmainhaim Gaol , 1848 . On 5 August 1848 , O'Brien was recognised by a railway guard at Thurles station , who reported him to the authorities for a reward of £500 . A general arrived and ordered the station clerk at gunpoint to arrange a special train to Dublin for the detained man . In the subsequent trial , the jury found him guilty of high treason . He was sentenced to be hanged , drawn , and quartered . Petitions for clemency were signed by 70,000 people in Ireland and 10,000 people in England . O' Brien 's Cottage in Port Arthur , Tasmania . In Dublin on 5 June 1849 , the sentences of O'Brien and his confederates Meagher , Terence MacManus and Patrick O' Donoghue were commuted to transportation for life to Van Diemen 's Land ( Tasmania in present-day Australia ) . O'Brien attempted to escape from Maria Island off Tasmania , but was betrayed by Ellis , the captain of the schooner hired for the escape . He was sent to Port Arthur where he met up with John Mitchel , who had been transported before the rebellion . The cottages which Smith O'Brien lived in on Maria Island and Port Arthur have been preserved in their 19th century state as memorials . Having emigrated to the United States , Ellis was tried by another Young Irelanders leader , Terence MacManus , at a lynch court in San Francisco for the betrayal of O'Brien . He was freed for lack of evidence . Last years Return to Ireland In 1854 , after five years in Tasmania , O'Brien was released on the condition he never return to the United Kingdom . He settled in Brussels . In May 1856 , he was granted an unconditional pardon and returned to Ireland that July . He contributed to the Nation newspaper , and published the two-volume Principles of Government , or Meditations in Exile in 1856 . But despite the efforts of George Henry Moore to recruit him as a leader of the Independent Irish Party , Smith O'Brien played no further part in politics . Irish language From Brussels , Smith O'Brien had been a founding member of the Ossianic Society . The aim of the scholarly association was to publish and translate literature relating to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology and further the revival of the Irish language . From exile , he had written to his son Edward urging him to learn the Irish language . He himself studied the language using an Irish-language Bible , and presented to the Royal Irish Academy Irish-language manuscripts he had collected . He enjoyed the respect of County Clare bards ( the county being largely Irish-speaking at the time ) , and in 1863 , on his advice , Irish was introduced into a number of schools there . Death In 1864 he visited England and Wales , with the view of rallying his failing health , but no improvement took place , and he died at Bangor , in Wales on 16 June 1864 . Burial site in County Limerick Family While studying in London Smith O'Brien met Mary Ann Wilton and fathered two children born to her . In Autumn 1832 he married Lucy Caroline Gabbett ( 1811-1861 ) of County Limerick . They had five boys and two girls . The children of William Smith O'Brien and Lucy O'Brien were Edward William ( Ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , William Joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , Lucy Josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , Lucius Henry ( 1842-1913 ) , Robert Donough ( 1844-1917 ) , Charlotte Grace ( 1845-1909 ) and Charles Murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . The elder daughter Lucy Josephine O'Brien married Rev John Gwynn and their children included writer and MP Stephen Gwynn , Lucy Gwynn who was the first woman registrar of Trinity College Dublin , and Edward Gwynn who was Provost of Trinity College Dublin . O' Brien 's younger daughter Charlotte Grace O'Brien was a campaigner for the better treatment of Irish emigrants . William Smith O'Brien 's elder brother Lucius O'Brien ( 1800-1872 ) was for some time member of parliament for County Clare . William Smith O'Brien 's sister Harriet O'Brien married an Anglican priest but was soon widowed . As Harriet Monsell , she founded the order of Anglican nuns , the Community of St John Baptist , in Clewer , Windsor , in 1851 . The gold cross she wore , and which still belongs to the Community , was made with gold panned by her brother during his exile in Australia . Commemoration Originally erected on the south quays , this 1870s statue was moved to Dublin 's O'Connell Street in 1929 A statue of William Smith O'Brien stands in O' Connell Street , Dublin . Sculpted in Portland limestone , it was designed by Thomas Farrell and erected in D' Olier Street , Dublin , in 1870 . It was moved to its present position in 1929 . Smith O'Brien Avenue in Limerick city is named for him . As is Smith O'Brien 's GAA club , in Killaloe , County Clare . In the United States , O'Brien County , Iowa is named after him . |
| irish [PERSON] nationalist politician [PERSON] ( 1803-1864 ) for other people [HUMAN GROUP] named william o'brien [PERSON] , see william o' brien [PERSON] ( disambiguation [ACT] ) . the hon [PERSON] . william smith o'brien [PERSON] portrait [PERSON] by george francis mulvany born 17 october [PERIOD] 1803 dromoland [PLACE] , newmarket [PLACE] on fergus [PERSON] , county clare [PERSON] , ireland [PLACE] died 18 june [PERIOD] 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor [PLACE] , gwynedd [PERSON] , wales resting place [PLACE] rathronan cemetery [PLACE] , ardagh [UNKNOWN] , county limerick [PERSON] , ireland [PLACE] 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college [INSTITUTION] , cambridge known [PERSON] for irish nationalist mp [PERSON] , leader [PERSON] of the young ireland [PLACE] movement william smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] ( irish [PERSON] : liam mac gabhann Ó briain [PERSON] ; 17 october [PERIOD] 1803 - 18 june [PERIOD] 1864 ) was an irish [PERSON] republican [GOVERNMENT] who , in the course [PERSON] of ireland [PLACE] 's great famine [DEFICIENCY] , had been converted to the cause [CAUSE] of national independence [QUALITY] while sitting as a unionist member [PERSON] of the united kingdom parliament [HUMAN GROUP] . returning from revolutionary paris [PLACE] ( the second french republic [PLACE] ) with the first irish [PERSON] tricolour [UNKNOWN] , in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion [FORCE] . with fellow " young irelanders [PERSON] " he was convicted of sedition [STATE] and transported to van diemen [PERSON] 's land [LAND] ( tasmania [UNKNOWN] ) . pardoned , in 1856 he returned to ireland [PLACE] , were he published an unrepentant memoir [FORM] and , through ossianic society [INSTITUTION] , promoted the study [STUDY] and revival [PROCESS] of the irish [PERSON] language [LANGUAGE] . early life [EVENT] born in dromoland [PLACE] , newmarket [PLACE] on fergus [PERSON] , county clare [PERSON] , william smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] was the second son [PERSON] of sir edward o'brien [PERSON] , 4th baronet [PERSON] , of dromoland castle [PERSON] . his mother [PERSON] was charlotte smith [PERSON] , whose father [PERSON] owned a property [PROPERTY] called cahirmoyle [UNKNOWN] in county limerick [PERSON] . william [PERSON] took the additional surname smith [PERSON] , his mother [PERSON] 's maiden name [NAME] , upon inheriting the property [PROPERTY] . he lived at cahermoyle house [PLACE] , a mile [PERSON] from ardagh [UNKNOWN] , county limerick [PERSON] . he was a descendant [LANGUAGE] of the eleventh century ard rí [PERSON] ( high king [PERSON] of ireland [PLACE] ) , brian boru [PERSON] . he received an upper-class english education [PROCESS] at harrow school [INSTITUTION] and trinity college [INSTITUTION] , cambridge [PERSON] . subsequently , he studied law [PERSON] at king [PERSON] 's inns [PERSON] in dublin [PLACE] and lincoln [PERSON] 's inn [BODY] in london [PLACE] . " young ireland [PLACE] in business [ARRANGEMENT] for himself " , john leech [PERSON] 's satirical 1846 cartoon [EVENT] for punch magazine [PERSON] showing smith o'brien [PERSON] offering " pretty little pistols [PERSON] for pretty little children [PERSON] " after the withdrawal [PROCESS] of the young irelanders [PERSON] from the repeal association [INSTITUTION] from april [PERIOD] 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien [PERSON] was the tory faction mp [PERSON] for ennis [PERSON] , his father [PERSON] 's borough [RELATIONSHIP] . although a protestant [PERSON] country-gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation [ACT] and the roman catholic relief [EVENT] act [ACT] 1829 while remaining a supporter [PERSON] of british-irish union [PLACE] . in 1835 smith o'brien [PERSON] became whig mp [PERSON] for county limerick [PERSON] . in 1837 daniel o'connell [UNKNOWN] clashed with him over his opposition [STATE] to the introduction [ACT] of secret [SERIES] voting in elections [PROCESS] and also smith o'brien [PERSON] 's support [ACT] for granting state payments [PLACE] to catholic clergy [PERSON] . the catholic bishops [PERSON] came out in support [ACT] of o'connell [UNKNOWN] 's stance [PLACE] on church [PERSON] and nation [PERSON] , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement [ARRANGEMENT] , and that they look upon those that labour [PERSON] to effect it as the worst enemies [PERSON] of the catholic religion [TRUST] . " smith o'brien [PERSON] remained in the house [PLACE] of commons [UNKNOWN] until 1849 when his seat [POSITION] was forfeited . young ireland [PLACE] and the irish confederation [STATE] in 1843 , in protest [STATE] against the imprisonment [ACT] of daniel o'connell [UNKNOWN] , he joined o'connell [UNKNOWN] 's anti-union repeal association [INSTITUTION] . within the association [INSTITUTION] he identified with the circle [PERSON] around charles gavan duffy [PERSON] and his paper [STATE] the nation [PERSON] which o'connell [UNKNOWN] in hostile reference [NUMBER] to giuseppe mazzini [PERSON] 's anti-clerical and insurrectionary young italy [PERSON] dubbed young ireland [PLACE] . after o'connell [UNKNOWN] and his son john [PERSON] forced a division [PROCESS] with resolutions [ACT] renouncing a resort [PERSON] to revolutionary force regardless [UNKNOWN] of circumstances [EVENT] , smith o'brien [PERSON] withdrew with the young irelanders [PERSON] into a new irish confederation [STATE] , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation [UNKNOWN] until o'connell [UNKNOWN] 's death [EVENT] in may [PERIOD] 1847 . the objectives [EVENT] of the confederation [STATE] were " independence [QUALITY] of the irish [PERSON] nation [PERSON] " with " no means to attain that end [UNKNOWN] abjured , save such as were inconsistent with honour [UNKNOWN] , morality [EVENT] and reason [EVENT] " . in the confederation duffy [PERSON] was trying to hold [ACTIVITY] together a broad national coalition [GROUP] , and had for that reason [EVENT] advanced smith o'brien [PERSON] , as a protestant [PERSON] and a landowner [PERSON] , to the leadership [PERSON] . on the confederation [STATE] 's council duffy [PERSON] and smith o'brien [PERSON] were supported by patrick james smyth [PERSON] who argued that with propertied classes [UNKNOWN] , as well as the priesthood [PERSON] opposed , the confederation [STATE] could not , in the event [EVENT] of insurrection [ACTION] , hope [EVENT] to call out a single parish [PERSON] in ireland [PLACE] . as the famine [DEFICIENCY] took hold [ACTIVITY] , smith o'brien [PERSON] started organising practical relief [EVENT] . by the spring [PERSON] of 1848 , the scale [RULE] of the catastrophe facing the country [PLACE] persuaded all factions [GROUP] on the irish confederation [STATE] council [HUMAN GROUP] that independence [QUALITY] was an existential issue [EVENT] ; that the immediate need [UNKNOWN] was for an irish [PERSON] national government [GOVERNMENT] able take control [PROCESS] of national resources [RESOURCE] . in march [PERIOD] 1848 , smith o'brien [PERSON] called for the formation [ARRANGEMENT] of a national guard [PERSON] . he was arrested , but acquitted on a charge [AMOUNT] of sedition [STATE] . in may [PERIOD] , duffy [PERSON] published " the creed [PERSON] of the nation [PERSON] . " if irish [PERSON] independence [QUALITY] was to come by force [FORCE] , it would be in the form [FORM] of a republic [PLACE] . the government [GOVERNMENT] made clear that its chosen response [RANK] to the crisis [EVENT] in ireland [PLACE] was coercion [FORCE] not concession [PERMISSION] . john mitchel [PERSON] was convicted under new martial law measures [MEASURE] approved by parliament [HUMAN GROUP] ( including by a number [NUMBER] of " old ireland [PLACE] " o' connellite mps [UNKNOWN] ) . on 9 july [PERIOD] 1848 duffy [PERSON] was arrested for sedition [STATE] . he managed to smuggle a few lines [PERSON] out to the nation [PERSON] but the issue [EVENT] that would have carried his declaration [DOCUMENT] , that there was no remedy [STUDY] now but the sword [PERSON] , was seized and the paper [STATE] suppressed . rebellion removal [EVENT] of smith o'brien [PERSON] under sentence [PERSON] of death [EVENT] main article [ARTICLE] : young irelander rebellion [FORCE] of 1848 planning [ACT] for an insurrection [ACTION] had already advanced . mitchel [PERSON] , although the first to call for action [ACTION] , had scoffed at the necessity [CONDITION] for systematic preparation [ACT] . smith o'brien [PERSON] , to duffy [PERSON] 's surprise [EMOTION] , attempted the task [EVENT] . in march [PERIOD] 1848 smith o'brien [PERSON] and thomas francis meagher [PERSON] returned from revolutionary paris [PLACE] with hopes [EVENT] of french assistance [PERSON] . ( among the leading republicans [GOVERNMENT] in france [PLACE] , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration [DOCUMENT] of french support [ACT] for the irish [PERSON] cause [CAUSE] ) . there was also talk of an irish-american brigade [USE] and of a chartist diversion [EVENT] in england [PLACE] with duffy [PERSON] 's arrest [PERSON] , it was left to smith o'brien [PERSON] to confront the reality [ENTITY] of the confederates [UNKNOWN] ' domestic isolation [STATE] . having with meagher [PERSON] and john dillon [PERSON] gathered a small group [GROUP] of both landowners [PERSON] and tenants [PERSON] , on 23 july smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] raised the standard [RULE] of revolt [ACT] in kilkenny [PLACE] . this was a tricolour [UNKNOWN] he and meagher [PERSON] had brought back from france [PLACE] , its colours [COLOUR] ( green for catholics [UNKNOWN] , orange for protestants [UNKNOWN] ) intended to symbolise the united irish [PERSON] republican [GOVERNMENT] ideal . as smith o'brien [PERSON] proceeded into county tipperary [PERSON] he was greeted by curious crowds [EVENT] , but found himself in command [COMMAND] of only a few hundred ill-clad largely unarmed men [PERSON] . they scattered after their first skirmish [SPEECH ACT] with the constabulary [FORCE] , derisively referred to by the times [UNKNOWN] of london [PLACE] as " battle [PERSON] of widow mccormack [PERSON] 's cabbage patch [PERSON] " . conviction daguerrotype [UNKNOWN] of thomas francis meagher [PERSON] , william smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] with soldier [GROUP] and jailer [PERSON] in kilmainhaim gaol [UNKNOWN] , 1848 . on 5 august [PERIOD] 1848 , o'brien [PERSON] was recognised by a railway guard [PERSON] at thurles station [PLACE] , who reported him to the authorities [PERSON] for a reward [ACTION] of £500 . a general [PERSON] arrived and ordered the station clerk [PERSON] at gunpoint [PERSON] to arrange a special train [TRAIN] to dublin [PLACE] for the detained man [PERSON] . in the subsequent trial [EVENT] , the jury [PERSON] found him guilty [DECISION] of high treason [ACT] . he was sentenced to be hanged , drawn , and quartered . petitions [ACT] for clemency [PERSON] were signed by 70,000 people [HUMAN GROUP] in ireland [PLACE] and 10,000 people [HUMAN GROUP] in england [PLACE] . o' brien [PERSON] 's cottage [EVENT] in port arthur [PERSON] , tasmania [UNKNOWN] . in dublin [PLACE] on 5 june [PERIOD] 1849 , the sentences [PERSON] of o'brien [PERSON] and his confederates [UNKNOWN] meagher [PERSON] , terence macmanus [PERSON] and patrick o' donoghue [PERSON] were commuted to transportation [ACT] for life [EVENT] to van diemen [PERSON] 's land [LAND] ( tasmania [UNKNOWN] in present-day australia [PLACE] ) . o'brien [PERSON] attempted to escape [ACT] from maria island [PLACE] off tasmania [UNKNOWN] , but was betrayed by ellis [PERSON] , the captain [PERSON] of the schooner [EVENT] hired for the escape [ACT] . he was sent to port arthur [PERSON] where he met up with john mitchel [PERSON] , who had been transported before the rebellion [FORCE] . the cottages [EVENT] which smith o'brien [PERSON] lived in on maria island [PLACE] and port arthur [PERSON] have been preserved in their 19th century state [STATE] as memorials [UNKNOWN] . having emigrated to the united states [PLACE] , ellis [PERSON] was tried by another young irelanders leader [PERSON] , terence macmanus [PERSON] , at a lynch court [EVENT] in san francisco [PLACE] for the betrayal [ACT] of o'brien [PERSON] . he was freed for lack [UNKNOWN] of evidence [ABSTRACT ENTITY] . last years [PERIOD] return to ireland [PLACE] in 1854 , after five years [PERIOD] in tasmania [UNKNOWN] , o'brien [PERSON] was released on the condition [CONDITION] he never return to the united kingdom [PLACE] . he settled in brussels [PLACE] . in may [PERIOD] 1856 , he was granted an unconditional pardon [STATE] and returned to ireland [PLACE] that july [PERIOD] . he contributed to the nation newspaper [PERSON] , and published the two-volume principles [ACT] of government [GOVERNMENT] , or meditations [ACTIVITY] in exile [PERSON] in 1856 . but despite the efforts [FORCE] of george henry [PERSON] moore to recruit him as a leader [PERSON] of the independent irish [PERSON] party [PERSON] , smith o'brien [PERSON] played no further part in politics [ACTION] . irish [PERSON] language [LANGUAGE] from brussels [PLACE] , smith o'brien [PERSON] had been a founding member [PERSON] of the ossianic society [INSTITUTION] . the aim [EVENT] of the scholarly association [INSTITUTION] was to publish and translate literature [DOCUMENT] relating to the fenian cycle [UNKNOWN] of irish [PERSON] mythology [BODY] and further the revival [PROCESS] of the irish [PERSON] language [LANGUAGE] . from exile [PERSON] , he had written to his son [PERSON] edward urging him to learn the irish [PERSON] language [LANGUAGE] . he himself studied the language [LANGUAGE] using an irish-language bible , and presented to the royal irish [PERSON] academy irish-language manuscripts he had collected . he enjoyed the respect [EVENT] of county clare [PERSON] bards ( the county [PLACE] being largely irish-speaking at the time [PERIOD] ) , and in 1863 , on his advice [EVENT] , irish [PERSON] was introduced into a number [NUMBER] of schools [INSTITUTION] there . death [EVENT] in 1864 he visited england [PLACE] and wales [PLACE] , with the view [PERSON] of rallying his failing health [PROPERTY] , but no improvement [ACT] took place [PLACE] , and he died at bangor [PLACE] , in wales [PLACE] on 16 june [PERIOD] 1864 . burial site [UNKNOWN] in county limerick family [HUMAN GROUP] while studying in london smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] met mary ann wilton [PERSON] and fathered two children [PERSON] born to her . in autumn [PERSON] 1832 he married lucy caroline gabbett [PERSON] ( 1811-1861 ) of county limerick [PERSON] . they had five boys [PERSON] and two girls [UNKNOWN] . the children [PERSON] of william smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] and lucy o'brien [PERSON] were edward william [PERSON] ( ned [PERSON] ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph [PERSON] ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine [PERSON] ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry [PERSON] ( 1842-1913 ) , robert [PERSON] donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace [PERSON] ( 1845-1909 ) and charles [PERSON] murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . the elder daughter lucy josephine [PERSON] o'brien [PERSON] married rev john gwynn [PERSON] and their children [PERSON] included writer [PERSON] and mp stephen gwynn [PERSON] , lucy gwynn who was the first woman registrar [PERSON] of trinity college dublin [PLACE] , and edward gwynn [PERSON] who was provost of trinity college dublin [PLACE] . o' brien [PERSON] 's younger daughter charlotte grace [PERSON] o'brien [PERSON] was a campaigner [PERSON] for the better treatment [TREATMENT] of irish [PERSON] emigrants [PERSON] . william smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] 's elder brother lucius o'brien [PERSON] ( 1800-1872 ) was for some time member [PERSON] of parliament [HUMAN GROUP] for county clare [PERSON] . william smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] 's sister harriet o'brien [PERSON] married an anglican priest [PERSON] but was soon widowed . as harriet monsell [PERSON] , she founded the order [POSITION] of anglican nuns [UNKNOWN] , the community [GROUP] of st john baptist [PLACE] , in clewer [UNKNOWN] , windsor [PLACE] , in 1851 . the gold cross [PERSON] she wore , and which still belongs to the community [GROUP] , was made with gold [EVENT] panned by her brother [PERSON] during his exile [PERSON] in australia [PLACE] . commemoration [ACT] originally erected on the south quays [PLACE] , this 1870s statue [PERSON] was moved to dublin [PLACE] 's o'connell street [PLACE] in 1929 a statue [PERSON] of william smith o'brien [PERSON] [PERSON] stands in o' connell street [PLACE] , dublin [PLACE] . sculpted in portland limestone [PERSON] , it was designed by thomas [PERSON] farrell and erected in d' olier street [PLACE] , dublin [PLACE] , in 1870 . it was moved to its present position [POSITION] in 1929 . smith o'brien [PERSON] avenue [PLACE] in limerick city [PLACE] is named for him . as is smith o'brien [PERSON] 's gaa club [INSTITUTION] , in killaloe [UNKNOWN] , county clare [PERSON] . in the united states [PLACE] , o'brien county [PLACE] , iowa [PLACE] is named after him . |
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| 1 | smith o'brien | 18 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 2 | ireland | 10 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 3 | william smith o'brien | 6 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 4 | tasmania | 5 | UNKNOWN | with fellow " young irelanders " he was convicted of sedition and transported to van diemen 's land ( tasmania ) . | |
| 5 | o'brien | 5 | PERSON | for other people named william o'brien , see william o' brien ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 6 | county limerick | 5 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 7 | nation | 5 | PERSON | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 8 | language | 5 | LANGUAGE | pardoned , in 1856 he returned to ireland , were he published an unrepentant memoir and , through ossianic society , promoted the study and revival of the irish language . | |
| 9 | county clare | 5 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 10 | dublin | 5 | PLACE | subsequently , he studied law at king 's inns in dublin and lincoln 's inn in london . | |
| 11 | independence | 4 | QUALITY | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 12 | o'connell | 4 | UNKNOWN | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 13 | june | 4 | PERIOD | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 14 | children | 4 | PERSON | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 15 | confederation | 4 | STATE | young ireland and the irish confederation | |
| 16 | exile | 3 | PERSON | he contributed to the nation newspaper , and published the two-volume principles of government , or meditations in exile in 1856 . | |
| 17 | government | 3 | GOVERNMENT | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 18 | duffy | 3 | PERSON | within the association he identified with the circle around charles gavan duffy and his paper the nation which o'connell in hostile reference to giuseppe | |
| 19 | meagher | 3 | PERSON | in march 1848 smith o'brien and thomas francis meagher returned from revolutionary paris with hopes of french assistance . ( among the leading republicans in france , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration of french support for the irish cause ) . | |
| 20 | young ireland | 3 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 21 | sedition | 3 | STATE | with fellow " young irelanders " he was convicted of sedition and transported to van diemen 's land ( tasmania ) . | |
| 22 | may | 3 | PERIOD | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 23 | port arthur | 3 | PERSON | o' brien 's cottage in port arthur , tasmania . | |
| 24 | support | 3 | ACT | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 25 | people | 3 | HUMAN GROUP | for other people named william o'brien , see william o' brien ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 26 | england | 3 | PLACE | there was also talk of an irish-american brigade and of a chartist diversion in england with duffy 's arrest , it was left to smith o'brien to confront the reality of the confederates ' domestic isolation . | |
| 27 | young irelanders | 3 | PERSON | with fellow " young irelanders " he was convicted of sedition and transported to van diemen 's land ( tasmania ) . | |
| 28 | irish | 3 | PERSON | irish nationalist politician ( 1803-1864 ) | |
| 29 | rebellion | 2 | FORCE | returning from revolutionary paris ( the second french republic ) with the first irish tricolour , in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion . | |
| 30 | van diemen | 2 | PERSON | with fellow " young irelanders " he was convicted of sedition and transported to van diemen 's land ( tasmania ) . | |
| 31 | ellis | 2 | PERSON | o'brien attempted to escape from maria island off tasmania , but was betrayed by ellis , the captain of the schooner hired for the escape . | |
| 32 | association | 2 | INSTITUTION | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 33 | fergus | 2 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 34 | trinity college dublin | 2 | PERSON | gwynn who was the first woman registrar of trinity college dublin , and edward gwynn who was | |
| 35 | paper | 2 | STATE | within the association he identified with the circle around charles gavan duffy and his paper the nation which o'connell in hostile reference to giuseppe | |
| 36 | maria island | 2 | PLACE | o'brien attempted to escape from maria island off tasmania , but was betrayed by ellis , the captain of the schooner hired for the escape . | |
| 37 | john mitchel | 2 | PERSON | john mitchel was convicted under new martial law measures approved by parliament ( including by a number of " old ireland " o' connellite mps ) . | |
| 38 | life | 2 | EVENT | early life | |
| 39 | parliament | 2 | HUMAN GROUP | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 40 | mother | 2 | PERSON | his mother was charlotte smith , whose father owned a property called cahirmoyle in county limerick . | |
| 41 | bangor | 2 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 42 | death | 2 | EVENT | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 43 | insurrection | 2 | ACTION | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 44 | paris | 2 | PLACE | returning from revolutionary paris ( the second french republic ) with the first irish tricolour , in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion . | |
| 45 | ardagh | 2 | UNKNOWN | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 46 | community | 2 | GROUP | as harriet monsell , she founded the order of anglican nuns , the community of st john baptist , in clewer , windsor , in 1851 . | |
| 47 | number | 2 | NUMBER | john mitchel was convicted under new martial law measures approved by parliament ( including by a number of " old ireland " o' connellite mps ) . | |
| 48 | issue | 2 | EVENT | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 49 | land | 2 | LAND | with fellow " young irelanders " he was convicted of sedition and transported to van diemen 's land ( tasmania ) . | |
| 50 | property | 2 | PROPERTY | his mother was charlotte smith , whose father owned a property called cahirmoyle in county limerick . | |
| 51 | years | 2 | PERIOD | last years | |
| 52 | ossianic society | 2 | INSTITUTION | pardoned , in 1856 he returned to ireland , were he published an unrepentant memoir and , through ossianic society , promoted the study and revival of the irish language . | |
| 53 | daniel o'connell | 2 | PERSON | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 54 | london | 2 | PLACE | subsequently , he studied law at king 's inns in dublin and lincoln 's inn in london . | |
| 55 | leader | 2 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 56 | tricolour | 2 | UNKNOWN | returning from revolutionary paris ( the second french republic ) with the first irish tricolour , in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion . | |
| 57 | father | 2 | PERSON | his mother was charlotte smith , whose father owned a property called cahirmoyle in county limerick . | |
| 58 | brussels | 2 | PLACE | he settled in brussels . | |
| 59 | newmarket | 2 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 60 | statue | 2 | PERSON | commemoration originally erected on the south quays , this 1870s statue was moved to dublin 's o'connell street in 1929 a statue of william smith o'brien stands in o' connell street , dublin . | |
| 61 | wales | 2 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 62 | australia | 2 | PLACE | in dublin on 5 june 1849 , the sentences of o'brien and his confederates meagher , terence macmanus and patrick o' donoghue were commuted to transportation for life to van diemen 's land ( tasmania in present-day australia ) . | |
| 63 | terence macmanus | 2 | PERSON | in dublin on 5 june 1849 , the sentences of o'brien and his confederates meagher , terence macmanus and patrick o' donoghue were commuted to transportation for life to van diemen 's land ( tasmania in present-day australia ) . | |
| 64 | revival | 2 | PROCESS | pardoned , in 1856 he returned to ireland , were he published an unrepentant memoir and , through ossianic society , promoted the study and revival of the irish language . | |
| 65 | son | 2 | PERSON | born in dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , william smith o'brien was the second son of sir edward o'brien , 4th baronet , of dromoland castle . | |
| 66 | o' brien | 2 | PERSON | for other people named william o'brien , see william o' brien ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 67 | thomas francis meagher | 2 | PERSON | in march 1848 smith o'brien and thomas francis meagher returned from revolutionary paris with hopes of french assistance . ( among the leading republicans in france , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration of french support for the irish cause ) . | |
| 68 | declaration | 2 | DOCUMENT | he managed to smuggle a few lines out to the nation but the issue that would have carried his declaration , that there was no remedy now but the sword , was seized and the paper suppressed . | |
| 69 | united states | 2 | PLACE | having emigrated to the united states , ellis was tried by another young irelanders leader , terence macmanus , at a lynch court in san francisco for the betrayal of o'brien . | |
| 70 | france | 2 | PLACE | in march 1848 smith o'brien and thomas francis meagher returned from revolutionary paris with hopes of french assistance . ( among the leading republicans in france , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration of french support for the irish cause ) . | |
| 71 | anti union repeal association | 1 | INSTITUTION | ||
| 72 | national guard | 1 | PERSON | in march 1848 , smith o'brien called for the formation of a national guard . | |
| 73 | assistance | 1 | PERSON | in march 1848 smith o'brien and thomas francis meagher returned from revolutionary paris with hopes of french assistance . ( among the leading republicans in france , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration of french support for the irish cause ) . | |
| 74 | creed | 1 | PERSON | in may , duffy published " the creed of the nation . " | |
| 75 | union | 1 | PLACE | although a protestant country-gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation and the roman catholic relief act 1829 while remaining a supporter of british-irish union . | |
| 76 | liam mac gabhann Ó briain | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 77 | o' connellite mps | 1 | UNKNOWN | john mitchel was convicted under new martial law measures approved by parliament ( including by a number of " old ireland " o' connellite mps ) . | |
| 78 | famine | 1 | DEFICIENCY | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 79 | woman registrar | 1 | PERSON | gwynn who was the first woman registrar of trinity college dublin , and edward gwynn who was | |
| 80 | objectives | 1 | EVENT | the objectives of the confederation were " independence of the irish nation " with " no means to attain that end abjured , save such as were inconsistent with honour , morality and reason " . | |
| 81 | action | 1 | ACTION | mitchel , although the first to call for action , had scoffed at the necessity for systematic preparation . | |
| 82 | cambridge known | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 83 | william smith o'brien portrait | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 84 | brother | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien 's elder brother lucius o'brien ( 1800-1872 ) was for some time member of parliament for county clare . | |
| 85 | catholics | 1 | UNKNOWN | this was a tricolour he and meagher had brought back from france , its colours ( green for catholics , orange for protestants ) intended to symbolise the united irish republican ideal . | |
| 86 | soldier | 1 | GROUP | conviction daguerrotype of thomas francis meagher , william smith o'brien with soldier and jailer in kilmainhaim gaol , 1848 . | |
| 87 | cottages | 1 | EVENT | the cottages which smith o'brien lived in on maria island and port arthur have been preserved in their 19th century state as memorials . | |
| 88 | seat | 1 | POSITION | smith o'brien remained in the house of commons until 1849 when his seat was forfeited . | |
| 89 | girls | 1 | UNKNOWN | they had five boys and two girls . | |
| 90 | mp stephen gwynn | 1 | PERSON | the elder daughter lucy josephine o'brien married rev john gwynn and their children included writer and mp stephen gwynn , lucy | |
| 91 | dromoland castle | 1 | PERSON | born in dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , william smith o'brien was the second son of sir edward o'brien , 4th baronet , of dromoland castle . | |
| 92 | whig mp | 1 | PERSON | in 1835 smith o'brien became whig mp for county limerick . | |
| 93 | gold | 1 | EVENT | the gold cross she wore , and which still belongs to the community , was made with gold panned by her brother during his exile in australia . | |
| 94 | station clerk | 1 | PERSON | a general arrived and ordered the station clerk at gunpoint to arrange a special train to dublin for the detained man . | |
| 95 | disambiguation | 1 | ACT | for other people named william o'brien , see william o' brien ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 96 | gold cross | 1 | PERSON | the gold cross she wore , and which still belongs to the community , was made with gold panned by her brother during his exile in australia . | |
| 97 | irish confederation | 1 | PERSON | young ireland and the irish confederation | |
| 98 | order | 1 | POSITION | as harriet monsell , she founded the order of anglican nuns , the community of st john baptist , in clewer , windsor , in 1851 . | |
| 99 | inns | 1 | PERSON | subsequently , he studied law at king 's inns in dublin and lincoln 's inn in london . | |
| 100 | limerick city | 1 | PLACE | smith o'brien avenue in limerick city is named for him . | |
| 101 | rebellion removal | 1 | EVENT | rebellion removal of smith o'brien under sentence of death main article : young irelander rebellion of 1848 planning for an insurrection had already advanced . | |
| 102 | dromoland | 1 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 103 | course | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 104 | kilkenny | 1 | PLACE | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 105 | cartoon | 1 | EVENT | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 106 | great famine | 1 | DEFICIENCY | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 107 | religion | 1 | TRUST | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 108 | group | 1 | GROUP | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 109 | event | 1 | EVENT | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 110 | protest | 1 | STATE | in 1843 , in protest against the imprisonment of daniel o'connell , he joined o'connell 's anti-union repeal association . | |
| 111 | tenants | 1 | PERSON | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 112 | hold | 1 | ACTIVITY | in the confederation duffy was trying to hold together a broad national coalition , and had for that reason advanced smith o'brien , as a protestant and a landowner , to the leadership . | |
| 113 | stance | 1 | PLACE | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 114 | lack | 1 | UNKNOWN | he was freed for lack of evidence . | |
| 115 | escape | 1 | ACT | o'brien attempted to escape from maria island off tasmania , but was betrayed by ellis , the captain of the schooner hired for the escape . | |
| 116 | man | 1 | PERSON | a general arrived and ordered the station clerk at gunpoint to arrange a special train to dublin for the detained man . | |
| 117 | iowa | 1 | PLACE | in the united states , o'brien county , iowa is named after him . | |
| 118 | morality | 1 | EVENT | the objectives of the confederation were " independence of the irish nation " with " no means to attain that end abjured , save such as were inconsistent with honour , morality and reason " . | |
| 119 | court | 1 | EVENT | having emigrated to the united states , ellis was tried by another young irelanders leader , terence macmanus , at a lynch court in san francisco for the betrayal of o'brien . | |
| 120 | time | 1 | PERIOD | he enjoyed the respect of county clare bards ( the county being largely irish-speaking at the time ) , and in 1863 , on his advice , irish was introduced into a number of schools there . | |
| 121 | county tipperary | 1 | PERSON | as smith o'brien proceeded into county tipperary he was greeted by curious crowds , but found himself in command of only a few hundred ill-clad largely unarmed men . | |
| 122 | william joseph | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 123 | high king | 1 | PERSON | he was a descendant of the eleventh century ard rí ( high king of ireland ) , brian boru . | |
| 124 | skirmish | 1 | SPEECH ACT | they scattered after their first skirmish with the constabulary , derisively referred to by the times of london as " battle of widow mccormack 's cabbage patch " . | |
| 125 | hope | 1 | EVENT | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 126 | second french republic | 1 | PLACE | returning from revolutionary paris ( the second french republic ) with the first irish tricolour , in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion . | |
| 127 | king | 1 | PERSON | he was a descendant of the eleventh century ard rí ( high king of ireland ) , brian boru . | |
| 128 | unionist member | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 129 | wales resting place rathronan cemetery | 1 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 130 | son john | 1 | PERSON | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 131 | sentence | 1 | PERSON | rebellion removal of smith o'brien under sentence of death main article : young irelander rebellion of 1848 planning for an insurrection had already advanced . | |
| 132 | division | 1 | PROCESS | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 133 | spring | 1 | PERSON | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 134 | education | 1 | PROCESS | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 135 | clewer | 1 | UNKNOWN | as harriet monsell , she founded the order of anglican nuns , the community of st john baptist , in clewer , windsor , in 1851 . | |
| 136 | william o' brien | 1 | PERSON | for other people named william o'brien , see william o' brien ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 137 | opposition | 1 | STATE | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 138 | kilmainhaim gaol | 1 | UNKNOWN | conviction daguerrotype of thomas francis meagher , william smith o'brien with soldier and jailer in kilmainhaim gaol , 1848 . | |
| 139 | thomas | 1 | PERSON | in march 1848 smith o'brien and thomas francis meagher returned from revolutionary paris with hopes of french assistance . ( among the leading republicans in france , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration of french support for the irish cause ) . | |
| 140 | commemoration | 1 | ACT | commemoration originally erected on the south quays , this 1870s statue was moved to dublin 's o'connell street in 1929 a statue of william smith o'brien stands in o' connell street , dublin . | |
| 141 | repeal association from april | 1 | PERIOD | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 142 | study | 1 | STUDY | pardoned , in 1856 he returned to ireland , were he published an unrepentant memoir and , through ossianic society , promoted the study and revival of the irish language . | |
| 143 | scale | 1 | RULE | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 144 | daughter charlotte grace o'brien | 1 | PERSON | o' brien 's younger daughter charlotte grace o'brien was a campaigner for the better treatment of irish emigrants . | |
| 145 | authorities | 1 | PERSON | on 5 august 1848 , o'brien was recognised by a railway guard at thurles station , who reported him to the authorities for a reward of £500 . | |
| 146 | republic | 1 | PLACE | returning from revolutionary paris ( the second french republic ) with the first irish tricolour , in 1848 he attempted an armed rebellion . | |
| 147 | evidence | 1 | ABSTRACT ENTITY | he was freed for lack of evidence . | |
| 148 | lincoln | 1 | PERSON | subsequently , he studied law at king 's inns in dublin and lincoln 's inn in london . | |
| 149 | surprise | 1 | EMOTION | smith o'brien , to duffy 's surprise , attempted the task . | |
| 150 | july duffy | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 151 | confederates | 1 | UNKNOWN | there was also talk of an irish-american brigade and of a chartist diversion in england with duffy 's arrest , it was left to smith o'brien to confront the reality of the confederates ' domestic isolation . | |
| 152 | irish nationalist mp | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 153 | circumstances | 1 | EVENT | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 154 | campaigner | 1 | PERSON | o' brien 's younger daughter charlotte grace o'brien was a campaigner for the better treatment of irish emigrants . | |
| 155 | resources | 1 | RESOURCE | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 156 | standard | 1 | RULE | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 157 | times | 1 | UNKNOWN | they scattered after their first skirmish with the constabulary , derisively referred to by the times of london as " battle of widow mccormack 's cabbage patch " . | |
| 158 | boys | 1 | PERSON | they had five boys and two girls . | |
| 159 | chosen response | 1 | RANK | the government made clear that its chosen response to the crisis in ireland was coercion not concession . | |
| 160 | leadership | 1 | PERSON | in the confederation duffy was trying to hold together a broad national coalition , and had for that reason advanced smith o'brien , as a protestant and a landowner , to the leadership . | |
| 161 | jury | 1 | PERSON | in the subsequent trial , the jury found him guilty of high treason . | |
| 162 | catholic emancipation | 1 | ACT | although a protestant country-gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation and the roman catholic relief act 1829 while remaining a supporter of british-irish union . | |
| 163 | hopes | 1 | EVENT | in march 1848 smith o'brien and thomas francis meagher returned from revolutionary paris with hopes of french assistance . ( among the leading republicans in france , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration of french support for the irish cause ) . | |
| 164 | edward william | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 165 | planning | 1 | ACT | rebellion removal of smith o'brien under sentence of death main article : young irelander rebellion of 1848 planning for an insurrection had already advanced . | |
| 166 | irish confederation council | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 167 | name | 1 | NAME | william took the additional surname smith , his mother 's maiden name , upon inheriting the property . | |
| 168 | daughter lucy josephine o'brien | 1 | PERSON | the elder daughter lucy josephine o'brien married rev john gwynn and their children included writer and mp stephen gwynn , lucy | |
| 169 | crisis | 1 | EVENT | the government made clear that its chosen response to the crisis in ireland was coercion not concession . | |
| 170 | thurles station | 1 | PLACE | on 5 august 1848 , o'brien was recognised by a railway guard at thurles station , who reported him to the authorities for a reward of £500 . | |
| 171 | member | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 172 | relief | 1 | EVENT | although a protestant country-gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation and the roman catholic relief act 1829 while remaining a supporter of british-irish union . | |
| 173 | killaloe | 1 | UNKNOWN | as is smith o'brien 's gaa club , in killaloe , county clare . | |
| 174 | treason | 1 | ACT | in the subsequent trial , the jury found him guilty of high treason . | |
| 175 | lucy josephine | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 176 | diversion | 1 | EVENT | there was also talk of an irish-american brigade and of a chartist diversion in england with duffy 's arrest , it was left to smith o'brien to confront the reality of the confederates ' domestic isolation . | |
| 177 | remedy | 1 | STUDY | he managed to smuggle a few lines out to the nation but the issue that would have carried his declaration , that there was no remedy now but the sword , was seized and the paper suppressed . | |
| 178 | charlotte grace | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 179 | lucy o'brien | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 180 | advice | 1 | EVENT | he enjoyed the respect of county clare bards ( the county being largely irish-speaking at the time ) , and in 1863 , on his advice , irish was introduced into a number of schools there . | |
| 181 | george henry | 1 | PERSON | but despite the efforts of george henry | |
| 182 | reference | 1 | NUMBER | within the association he identified with the circle around charles gavan duffy and his paper the nation which o'connell in hostile reference to giuseppe | |
| 183 | portland limestone | 1 | PERSON | sculpted in portland limestone , it was designed by thomas | |
| 184 | principles | 1 | ACT | he contributed to the nation newspaper , and published the two-volume principles of government , or meditations in exile in 1856 . | |
| 185 | law | 1 | PERSON | subsequently , he studied law at king 's inns in dublin and lincoln 's inn in london . | |
| 186 | march smith o'brien | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 187 | mary ann wilton | 1 | PERSON | burial site in county limerick family while studying in london smith o'brien met mary ann wilton and fathered two children born to her . | |
| 188 | jailer | 1 | PERSON | conviction daguerrotype of thomas francis meagher , william smith o'brien with soldier and jailer in kilmainhaim gaol , 1848 . | |
| 189 | force | 1 | FORCE | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 190 | nuns | 1 | UNKNOWN | as harriet monsell , she founded the order of anglican nuns , the community of st john baptist , in clewer , windsor , in 1851 . | |
| 191 | confederation duffy | 1 | PERSON | in the confederation duffy was trying to hold together a broad national coalition , and had for that reason advanced smith o'brien , as a protestant and a landowner , to the leadership . | |
| 192 | independent irish party | 1 | PERSON | moore to recruit him as a leader of the independent irish party , smith o'brien played no further part in politics . | |
| 193 | health | 1 | PROPERTY | in 1864 he visited england and wales , with the view of rallying his failing health , but no improvement took place , and he died at bangor , in wales on 16 june 1864 . | |
| 194 | crowds | 1 | EVENT | as smith o'brien proceeded into county tipperary he was greeted by curious crowds , but found himself in command of only a few hundred ill-clad largely unarmed men . | |
| 195 | century state | 1 | STATE | the cottages which smith o'brien lived in on maria island and port arthur have been preserved in their 19th century state as memorials . | |
| 196 | ned | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 197 | house | 1 | PLACE | he lived at cahermoyle house , a mile from ardagh , county limerick . | |
| 198 | cabbage patch | 1 | PERSON | they scattered after their first skirmish with the constabulary , derisively referred to by the times of london as " battle of widow mccormack 's cabbage patch " . | |
| 199 | catholic relief act | 1 | ACT | although a protestant country-gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation and the roman catholic relief act 1829 while remaining a supporter of british-irish union . | |
| 200 | resort | 1 | PERSON | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 201 | state payments | 1 | PLACE | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 202 | baronet | 1 | PERSON | born in dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , william smith o'brien was the second son of sir edward o'brien , 4th baronet , of dromoland castle . | |
| 203 | young irelanders leader | 1 | PERSON | having emigrated to the united states , ellis was tried by another young irelanders leader , terence macmanus , at a lynch court in san francisco for the betrayal of o'brien . | |
| 204 | st john baptist | 1 | PLACE | as harriet monsell , she founded the order of anglican nuns , the community of st john baptist , in clewer , windsor , in 1851 . | |
| 205 | ill clad | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 206 | mythology | 1 | BODY | the aim of the scholarly association was to publish and translate literature relating to the fenian cycle of irish mythology and further the revival of the irish language . | |
| 207 | william o'brien | 1 | PERSON | for other people named william o'brien , see william o' brien ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 208 | reward | 1 | ACTION | on 5 august 1848 , o'brien was recognised by a railway guard at thurles station , who reported him to the authorities for a reward of £500 . | |
| 209 | august | 1 | PERIOD | on 5 august 1848 , o'brien was recognised by a railway guard at thurles station , who reported him to the authorities for a reward of £500 . | |
| 210 | pardon | 1 | STATE | in may 1856 , he was granted an unconditional pardon and returned to ireland that july . | |
| 211 | d' olier street | 1 | PLACE | farrell and erected in d' olier street , dublin , in 1870 . | |
| 212 | preparation | 1 | ACT | mitchel , although the first to call for action , had scoffed at the necessity for systematic preparation . | |
| 213 | john dillon | 1 | PERSON | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 214 | main article | 1 | ARTICLE | rebellion removal of smith o'brien under sentence of death main article : young irelander rebellion of 1848 planning for an insurrection had already advanced . | |
| 215 | trial | 1 | EVENT | in the subsequent trial , the jury found him guilty of high treason . | |
| 216 | charlotte smith | 1 | PERSON | his mother was charlotte smith , whose father owned a property called cahirmoyle in county limerick . | |
| 217 | sword | 1 | PERSON | he managed to smuggle a few lines out to the nation but the issue that would have carried his declaration , that there was no remedy now but the sword , was seized and the paper suppressed . | |
| 218 | control | 1 | PROCESS | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 219 | brian boru | 1 | PERSON | he was a descendant of the eleventh century ard rí ( high king of ireland ) , brian boru . | |
| 220 | form | 1 | FORM | if irish independence was to come by force , it would be in the form of a republic . | |
| 221 | emigrants | 1 | PERSON | o' brien 's younger daughter charlotte grace o'brien was a campaigner for the better treatment of irish emigrants . | |
| 222 | gaa club | 1 | INSTITUTION | as is smith o'brien 's gaa club , in killaloe , county clare . | |
| 223 | transportation | 1 | ACT | in dublin on 5 june 1849 , the sentences of o'brien and his confederates meagher , terence macmanus and patrick o' donoghue were commuted to transportation for life to van diemen 's land ( tasmania in present-day australia ) . | |
| 224 | reason | 1 | EVENT | the objectives of the confederation were " independence of the irish nation " with " no means to attain that end abjured , save such as were inconsistent with honour , morality and reason " . | |
| 225 | century ard rí | 1 | PERSON | he was a descendant of the eleventh century ard rí ( high king of ireland ) , brian boru . | |
| 226 | improvement | 1 | ACT | in 1864 he visited england and wales , with the view of rallying his failing health , but no improvement took place , and he died at bangor , in wales on 16 june 1864 . | |
| 227 | lines | 1 | PERSON | he managed to smuggle a few lines out to the nation but the issue that would have carried his declaration , that there was no remedy now but the sword , was seized and the paper suppressed . | |
| 228 | reality | 1 | ENTITY | there was also talk of an irish-american brigade and of a chartist diversion in england with duffy 's arrest , it was left to smith o'brien to confront the reality of the confederates ' domestic isolation . | |
| 229 | place | 1 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 230 | betrayal | 1 | ACT | having emigrated to the united states , ellis was tried by another young irelanders leader , terence macmanus , at a lynch court in san francisco for the betrayal of o'brien . | |
| 231 | country | 1 | PLACE | although a protestant country gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation and the roman catholic relief act 1829 while remaining a supporter of british-irish union . | |
| 232 | clemency | 1 | PERSON | petitions for clemency were signed by 70,000 people in ireland and 10,000 people in england . | |
| 233 | cottage | 1 | EVENT | o' brien 's cottage in port arthur , tasmania . | |
| 234 | o' connell street | 1 | PLACE | commemoration originally erected on the south quays , this 1870s statue was moved to dublin 's o'connell street in 1929 a statue of william smith o'brien stands in o' connell street , dublin . | |
| 235 | united kingdom parliament | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 236 | view | 1 | PERSON | in 1864 he visited england and wales , with the view of rallying his failing health , but no improvement took place , and he died at bangor , in wales on 16 june 1864 . | |
| 237 | surname smith | 1 | PERSON | william took the additional surname smith , his mother 's maiden name , upon inheriting the property . | |
| 238 | commons | 1 | UNKNOWN | smith o'brien remained in the house of commons until 1849 when his seat was forfeited . | |
| 239 | men | 1 | PERSON | as smith o'brien proceeded into county tipperary he was greeted by curious crowds , but found himself in command of only a few hundred ill-clad largely unarmed men . | |
| 240 | patrick o' donoghue | 1 | PERSON | in dublin on 5 june 1849 , the sentences of o'brien and his confederates meagher , terence macmanus and patrick o' donoghue were commuted to transportation for life to van diemen 's land ( tasmania in present-day australia ) . | |
| 241 | gwynedd | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 242 | protestant | 1 | PERSON | although a protestant country-gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation and the roman catholic relief act 1829 while remaining a supporter of british-irish union . | |
| 243 | nation newspaper | 1 | PERSON | he contributed to the nation newspaper , and published the two-volume principles of government , or meditations in exile in 1856 . | |
| 244 | july | 1 | PERIOD | on 9 july 1848 duffy was arrested for sedition . | |
| 245 | republicans | 1 | GOVERNMENT | in march 1848 smith o'brien and thomas francis meagher returned from revolutionary paris with hopes of french assistance . ( among the leading republicans in france , ledru-rollin had been loud in his declaration of french support for the irish cause ) . | |
| 246 | position | 1 | POSITION | it was moved to its present position in 1929 . | |
| 247 | general | 1 | PERSON | a general arrived and ordered the station clerk at gunpoint to arrange a special train to dublin for the detained man . | |
| 248 | october | 1 | PERIOD | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 249 | rev john gwynn | 1 | PERSON | the elder daughter lucy josephine o'brien married rev john gwynn and their children included writer and mp stephen gwynn , lucy | |
| 250 | resolutions | 1 | ACT | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 251 | o'connell street | 1 | PLACE | commemoration originally erected on the south quays , this 1870s statue was moved to dublin 's o'connell street in 1929 a statue of william smith o'brien stands in o' connell street , dublin . | |
| 252 | landowner | 1 | PERSON | in the confederation duffy was trying to hold together a broad national coalition , and had for that reason advanced smith o'brien , as a protestant and a landowner , to the leadership . | |
| 253 | san francisco | 1 | PLACE | having emigrated to the united states , ellis was tried by another young irelanders leader , terence macmanus , at a lynch court in san francisco for the betrayal of o'brien . | |
| 254 | site | 1 | UNKNOWN | burial site in county limerick family while studying in london smith o'brien met mary ann wilton and fathered two children born to her . | |
| 255 | windsor | 1 | PLACE | as harriet monsell , she founded the order of anglican nuns , the community of st john baptist , in clewer , windsor , in 1851 . | |
| 256 | landowners | 1 | PERSON | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 257 | withdrawal | 1 | PROCESS | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 258 | coercion | 1 | FORCE | the government made clear that its chosen response to the crisis in ireland was coercion not concession . | |
| 259 | enemies | 1 | PERSON | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 260 | politics | 1 | ACTION | moore to recruit him as a leader of the independent irish party , smith o'brien played no further part in politics . | |
| 261 | petitions | 1 | ACT | petitions for clemency were signed by 70,000 people in ireland and 10,000 people in england . | |
| 262 | john leech | 1 | PERSON | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 263 | battle | 1 | PERSON | they scattered after their first skirmish with the constabulary , derisively referred to by the times of london as " battle of widow mccormack 's cabbage patch " . | |
| 264 | descendant | 1 | LANGUAGE | he was a descendant of the eleventh century ard rí ( high king of ireland ) , brian boru . | |
| 265 | schooner | 1 | EVENT | o'brien attempted to escape from maria island off tasmania , but was betrayed by ellis , the captain of the schooner hired for the escape . | |
| 266 | march | 1 | PERIOD | in march 1848 , smith o'brien called for the formation of a national guard . | |
| 267 | circle | 1 | PERSON | within the association he identified with the circle around charles gavan duffy and his paper the nation which o'connell in hostile reference to giuseppe | |
| 268 | united kingdom | 1 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 269 | pistols | 1 | PERSON | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 270 | business | 1 | ARRANGEMENT | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 271 | gunpoint | 1 | PERSON | a general arrived and ordered the station clerk at gunpoint to arrange a special train to dublin for the detained man . | |
| 272 | arrest | 1 | PERSON | there was also talk of an irish-american brigade and of a chartist diversion in england with duffy 's arrest , it was left to smith o'brien to confront the reality of the confederates ' domestic isolation . | |
| 273 | lucy gwynn | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 274 | mazzini | 1 | PERSON | mazzini 's anti-clerical and insurrectionary young italy dubbed young ireland . | |
| 275 | education trinity college | 1 | INSTITUTION | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 276 | task | 1 | EVENT | smith o'brien , to duffy 's surprise , attempted the task . | |
| 277 | patrick james smyth | 1 | PERSON | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 278 | constabulary | 1 | FORCE | they scattered after their first skirmish with the constabulary , derisively referred to by the times of london as " battle of widow mccormack 's cabbage patch " . | |
| 279 | irish language bible | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 280 | revolt | 1 | ACT | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 281 | lucius henry | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 282 | young italy | 1 | PERSON | mazzini 's anti-clerical and insurrectionary young italy dubbed young ireland . | |
| 283 | factions | 1 | GROUP | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 284 | edward gwynn | 1 | PERSON | gwynn who was the first woman registrar of trinity college dublin , and edward gwynn who was | |
| 285 | county | 1 | PLACE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 286 | literature | 1 | DOCUMENT | the aim of the scholarly association was to publish and translate literature relating to the fenian cycle of irish mythology and further the revival of the irish language . | |
| 287 | end | 1 | UNKNOWN | the objectives of the confederation were " independence of the irish nation " with " no means to attain that end abjured , save such as were inconsistent with honour , morality and reason " . | |
| 288 | irish speaking | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 289 | mile | 1 | PERSON | he lived at cahermoyle house , a mile from ardagh , county limerick . | |
| 290 | nationalist politician | 1 | PERSON | irish nationalist politician ( 1803-1864 ) | |
| 291 | coalition | 1 | GROUP | in the confederation duffy was trying to hold together a broad national coalition , and had for that reason advanced smith o'brien , as a protestant and a landowner , to the leadership . | |
| 292 | royal irish academy irish language manuscripts | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 293 | church | 1 | PERSON | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 294 | captain | 1 | PERSON | o'brien attempted to escape from maria island off tasmania , but was betrayed by ellis , the captain of the schooner hired for the escape . | |
| 295 | time member | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien 's elder brother lucius o'brien ( 1800-1872 ) was for some time member of parliament for county clare . | |
| 296 | widow mccormack | 1 | PERSON | they scattered after their first skirmish with the constabulary , derisively referred to by the times of london as " battle of widow mccormack 's cabbage patch " . | |
| 297 | ledru rollin | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 298 | cause | 1 | CAUSE | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 299 | clergy | 1 | PERSON | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 300 | guilty | 1 | DECISION | in the subsequent trial , the jury found him guilty of high treason . | |
| 301 | catholic bishops | 1 | PERSON | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 302 | imprisonment | 1 | ACT | in 1843 , in protest against the imprisonment of daniel o'connell , he joined o'connell 's anti-union repeal association . | |
| 303 | memoir | 1 | FORM | pardoned , in 1856 he returned to ireland , were he published an unrepentant memoir and , through ossianic society , promoted the study and revival of the irish language . | |
| 304 | mitchel | 1 | PERSON | john mitchel was convicted under new martial law measures approved by parliament ( including by a number of " old ireland " o' connellite mps ) . | |
| 305 | priest | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien 's sister harriet o'brien married an anglican priest but was soon widowed . | |
| 306 | need | 1 | UNKNOWN | by the spring of 1848 , the scale of the catastrophe facing the country persuaded all factions on the irish confederation council that independence was an existential issue ; that the immediate need was for an irish national government able take control of national resources . | |
| 307 | william | 1 | PERSON | for other people named william o'brien , see william o' brien ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 308 | honour | 1 | UNKNOWN | the objectives of the confederation were " independence of the irish nation " with " no means to attain that end abjured , save such as were inconsistent with honour , morality and reason " . | |
| 309 | autumn | 1 | PERSON | in autumn 1832 he married lucy caroline gabbett ( 1811-1861 ) of county limerick . | |
| 310 | aim | 1 | EVENT | the aim of the scholarly association was to publish and translate literature relating to the fenian cycle of irish mythology and further the revival of the irish language . | |
| 311 | charles | 1 | PERSON | within the association he identified with the circle around charles gavan duffy and his paper the nation which o'connell in hostile reference to giuseppe | |
| 312 | reconciliation | 1 | UNKNOWN | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . | |
| 313 | command | 1 | COMMAND | as smith o'brien proceeded into county tipperary he was greeted by curious crowds , but found himself in command of only a few hundred ill-clad largely unarmed men . | |
| 314 | harrow school | 1 | INSTITUTION | he received an upper-class english education at harrow school and trinity college , cambridge . | |
| 315 | priesthood | 1 | PERSON | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 316 | sister harriet o'brien | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien 's sister harriet o'brien married an anglican priest but was soon widowed . | |
| 317 | july smith o'brien | 1 | PERSON | having with meagher and john dillon gathered a small group of both landowners and tenants , on 23 july smith o'brien raised the standard of revolt in kilkenny . | |
| 318 | isolation | 1 | STATE | there was also talk of an irish-american brigade and of a chartist diversion in england with duffy 's arrest , it was left to smith o'brien to confront the reality of the confederates ' domestic isolation . | |
| 319 | borough | 1 | RELATIONSHIP | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 320 | supporter | 1 | PERSON | although a protestant country-gentleman , he supported catholic emancipation and the roman catholic relief act 1829 while remaining a supporter of british-irish union . | |
| 321 | charge | 1 | AMOUNT | he was arrested , but acquitted on a charge of sedition . | |
| 322 | inn | 1 | BODY | subsequently , he studied law at king 's inns in dublin and lincoln 's inn in london . | |
| 323 | parish | 1 | PERSON | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 324 | secret | 1 | SERIES | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 325 | tory faction mp | 1 | PERSON | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 326 | treatment | 1 | TREATMENT | o' brien 's younger daughter charlotte grace o'brien was a campaigner for the better treatment of irish emigrants . | |
| 327 | brother lucius o'brien | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien 's elder brother lucius o'brien ( 1800-1872 ) was for some time member of parliament for county clare . | |
| 328 | meditations | 1 | ACTIVITY | he contributed to the nation newspaper , and published the two-volume principles of government , or meditations in exile in 1856 . | |
| 329 | united irish | 1 | PLACE | this was a tricolour he and meagher had brought back from france , its colours ( green for catholics , orange for protestants ) intended to symbolise the united irish republican ideal . | |
| 330 | respect | 1 | EVENT | he enjoyed the respect of county clare bards ( the county being largely irish-speaking at the time ) , and in 1863 , on his advice , irish was introduced into a number of schools there . | |
| 331 | cahermoyle house | 1 | PLACE | he lived at cahermoyle house , a mile from ardagh , county limerick . | |
| 332 | trinity college | 1 | INSTITUTION | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 333 | schools | 1 | INSTITUTION | he enjoyed the respect of county clare bards ( the county being largely irish-speaking at the time ) , and in 1863 , on his advice , irish was introduced into a number of schools there . | |
| 334 | sentences | 1 | PERSON | in dublin on 5 june 1849 , the sentences of o'brien and his confederates meagher , terence macmanus and patrick o' donoghue were commuted to transportation for life to van diemen 's land ( tasmania in present-day australia ) . | |
| 335 | conviction daguerrotype | 1 | UNKNOWN | conviction daguerrotype of thomas francis meagher , william smith o'brien with soldier and jailer in kilmainhaim gaol , 1848 . | |
| 336 | harriet monsell | 1 | PERSON | as harriet monsell , she founded the order of anglican nuns , the community of st john baptist , in clewer , windsor , in 1851 . | |
| 337 | republican | 1 | GOVERNMENT | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 338 | concession | 1 | PERMISSION | the government made clear that its chosen response to the crisis in ireland was coercion not concession . | |
| 339 | hon | 1 | PERSON | the hon . | |
| 340 | protestants | 1 | UNKNOWN | this was a tricolour he and meagher had brought back from france , its colours ( green for catholics , orange for protestants ) intended to symbolise the united irish republican ideal . | |
| 341 | cahirmoyle | 1 | UNKNOWN | his mother was charlotte smith , whose father owned a property called cahirmoyle in county limerick . | |
| 342 | south quays | 1 | PLACE | commemoration originally erected on the south quays , this 1870s statue was moved to dublin 's o'connell street in 1929 a statue of william smith o'brien stands in o' connell street , dublin . | |
| 343 | writer | 1 | PERSON | the elder daughter lucy josephine o'brien married rev john gwynn and their children included writer and mp stephen gwynn , lucy | |
| 344 | necessity | 1 | CONDITION | mitchel , although the first to call for action , had scoffed at the necessity for systematic preparation . | |
| 345 | robert | 1 | PERSON | the children of william smith o'brien and lucy o'brien were edward william ( ned ) ( 1831-1909 ) , william joseph ( 1839-1867 ) , lucy josephine ( 1840-1907 ) , lucius henry ( 1842-1913 ) , robert donough ( 1844-1917 ) , charlotte grace ( 1845-1909 ) and charles murrough ( 1849-1877 ) . | |
| 346 | labour | 1 | PERSON | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 347 | london smith o'brien | 1 | PERSON | burial site in county limerick family while studying in london smith o'brien met mary ann wilton and fathered two children born to her . | |
| 348 | o'brien county | 1 | PLACE | in the united states , o'brien county , iowa is named after him . | |
| 349 | smith o'brien avenue | 1 | PLACE | smith o'brien avenue in limerick city is named for him . | |
| 350 | arrangement | 1 | ARRANGEMENT | the catholic bishops came out in support of o'connell 's stance on church and nation , resolving " most energetically to oppose any such arrangement , and that they look upon those that labour to effect it as the worst enemies of the catholic religion . " | |
| 351 | punch magazine | 1 | PERSON | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 352 | council duffy | 1 | PERSON | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 353 | fenian cycle | 1 | UNKNOWN | the aim of the scholarly association was to publish and translate literature relating to the fenian cycle of irish mythology and further the revival of the irish language . | |
| 354 | brigade | 1 | USE | there was also talk of an irish-american brigade and of a chartist diversion in england with duffy 's arrest , it was left to smith o'brien to confront the reality of the confederates ' domestic isolation . | |
| 355 | law measures | 1 | MEASURE | john mitchel was convicted under new martial law measures approved by parliament ( including by a number of " old ireland " o' connellite mps ) . | |
| 356 | train | 1 | TRAIN | a general arrived and ordered the station clerk at gunpoint to arrange a special train to dublin for the detained man . | |
| 357 | memorials | 1 | UNKNOWN | the cottages which smith o'brien lived in on maria island and port arthur have been preserved in their 19th century state as memorials . | |
| 358 | charles gavan duffy | 1 | PERSON | within the association he identified with the circle around charles gavan duffy and his paper the nation which o'connell in hostile reference to giuseppe | |
| 359 | cambridge | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 360 | sir edward o'brien | 1 | PERSON | born in dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , william smith o'brien was the second son of sir edward o'brien , 4th baronet , of dromoland castle . | |
| 361 | classes | 1 | UNKNOWN | on the confederation 's council duffy and smith o'brien were supported by patrick james smyth who argued that with propertied classes , as well as the priesthood opposed , the confederation could not , in the event of insurrection , hope to call out a single parish in ireland . | |
| 362 | ennis | 1 | PERSON | " young ireland in business for himself " , john leech 's satirical 1846 cartoon for punch magazine showing smith o'brien offering " pretty little pistols for pretty little children " after the withdrawal of the young irelanders from the repeal association from april 1828 to 1831 smith o'brien was the tory faction mp for ennis , his father 's borough . | |
| 363 | young irelander rebellion | 1 | PERSON | rebellion removal of smith o'brien under sentence of death main article : young irelander rebellion of 1848 planning for an insurrection had already advanced . | |
| 364 | formation | 1 | ARRANGEMENT | in march 1848 , smith o'brien called for the formation of a national guard . | |
| 365 | railway guard | 1 | PERSON | on 5 august 1848 , o'brien was recognised by a railway guard at thurles station , who reported him to the authorities for a reward of £500 . | |
| 366 | condition | 1 | CONDITION | in 1854 , after five years in tasmania , o'brien was released on the condition he never return to the united kingdom . | |
| 367 | colours | 1 | COLOUR | this was a tricolour he and meagher had brought back from france , its colours ( green for catholics , orange for protestants ) intended to symbolise the united irish republican ideal . | |
| 368 | country gentleman | 1 | PLACE | ||
| 369 | lucy caroline gabbett | 1 | PERSON | in autumn 1832 he married lucy caroline gabbett ( 1811-1861 ) of county limerick . | |
| 370 | george francis mulvany born october dromoland | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 371 | efforts | 1 | FORCE | but despite the efforts of george henry | |
| 372 | young ireland movement william smith o'brien | 1 | PERSON | william smith o'brien portrait by george francis mulvany born 17 october 1803 dromoland , newmarket on fergus , county clare , ireland died 18 june 1864( 1864-06-18 ) ( aged 60 ) bangor , gwynedd , wales resting place rathronan cemetery , ardagh , county limerick , ireland 52°30 ′25″n 9°04′21″w / 52.506997°n 9.072535°w / 52.506997 ; -9.072535 education trinity college , cambridge known for irish nationalist mp , leader of the young ireland movement william smith o'brien ( irish : liam mac gabhann Ó briain ; 17 october 1803 - 18 june 1864 ) was an irish republican who , in the course of ireland 's great famine , had been converted to the cause of national independence while sitting as a unionist member of the united kingdom parliament . | |
| 373 | elections | 1 | PROCESS | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 374 | introduction | 1 | ACT | in 1837 daniel o'connell clashed with him over his opposition to the introduction of secret voting in elections and also smith o'brien 's support for granting state payments to catholic clergy . | |
| 375 | county limerick family | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | burial site in county limerick family while studying in london smith o'brien met mary ann wilton and fathered two children born to her . | |
| 376 | force regardless | 1 | UNKNOWN | after o'connell and his son john forced a division with resolutions renouncing a resort to revolutionary force regardless of circumstances , smith o'brien withdrew with the young irelanders into a new irish confederation , although he was to continue to preach reconciliation until o'connell 's death in may 1847 . |
| Categoría | Objetos |
| PERSON |
arrest assistance authorities autumn baronet battle boys brian boru brother brother lucius o'brien cabbage patch cambridge cambridge known campaigner captain catholic bishops century ard rí charles charles gavan duffy charlotte grace charlotte smith children church circle clemency clergy confederation duffy council duffy county clare county limerick county tipperary course creed daniel o'connell daughter charlotte grace o'brien daughter lucy josephine o'brien dromoland castle duffy edward gwynn edward william ellis emigrants enemies ennis exile father fergus general george francis mulvany born october dromoland george henry gold cross gunpoint gwynedd harriet monsell high king hon ill clad independent irish party inns irish irish confederation irish language bible irish nationalist mp irish speaking jailer john dillon john leech john mitchel july duffy july smith o'brien jury king labour landowner landowners law leader leadership ledru rollin liam mac gabhann Ó briain lincoln lines london smith o'brien lucius henry lucy caroline gabbett lucy gwynn lucy josephine lucy o'brien man march smith o'brien mary ann wilton mazzini meagher member men mile mitchel mother mp stephen gwynn nation nation newspaper national guard nationalist politician ned o' brien o'brien parish patrick james smyth patrick o' donoghue pistols port arthur portland limestone priest priesthood protestant punch magazine railway guard resort rev john gwynn robert royal irish academy irish language manuscripts sentence sentences sir edward o'brien sister harriet o'brien son son john spring station clerk statue supporter surname smith sword tenants terence macmanus thomas thomas francis meagher time member tory faction mp trinity college dublin unionist member van diemen view whig mp widow mccormack william william joseph william o' brien william o'brien william smith o'brien william smith o'brien portrait woman registrar writer young ireland young ireland movement william smith o'brien young irelander rebellion young irelanders young irelanders leader young italy |
| PLACE |
australia bangor brussels cahermoyle house country country gentleman county d' olier street dromoland dublin england france house iowa ireland kilkenny limerick city london maria island newmarket o' connell street o'brien county o'connell street paris place republic san francisco second french republic smith o'brien smith o'brien avenue south quays st john baptist stance state payments thurles station union united irish united kingdom united states wales wales resting place rathronan cemetery windsor |
| EVENT |
advice aim cartoon circumstances cottage cottages court crisis crowds death diversion event gold hope hopes issue life morality objectives reason rebellion removal relief respect schooner task trial |
| ACT |
betrayal catholic emancipation catholic relief act commemoration disambiguation escape imprisonment improvement introduction petitions planning preparation principles resolutions revolt support transportation treason |
| PERIOD |
august july june march may october repeal association from april time years |
| STATE |
century state confederation isolation opposition paper pardon protest sedition |
| INSTITUTION |
anti union repeal association association education trinity college gaa club harrow school ossianic society schools trinity college |
| PROCESS |
control division education elections revival withdrawal |
| FORCE |
coercion constabulary efforts force rebellion |
| GROUP |
coalition community factions group soldier |
| HUMAN GROUP |
county limerick family irish confederation council parliament people united kingdom parliament |
| ACTION |
action insurrection politics reward |
| ARRANGEMENT |
arrangement business formation |
| GOVERNMENT |
government republican republicans |
| POSITION |
order position seat |
| NUMBER |
number reference |
| DEFICIENCY |
famine great famine |
| RULE |
scale standard |
| FORM |
form memoir |
| PROPERTY |
health property |
| STUDY |
remedy study |
| DOCUMENT |
declaration literature |
| LANGUAGE |
descendant language |
| BODY |
inn mythology |
| CONDITION |
condition necessity |
| ACTIVITY |
hold meditations |
| DECISION |
guilty |
| QUALITY |
independence |
| RESOURCE |
resources |
| PERMISSION |
concession |
| TRAIN |
train |
| COLOUR |
colours |
| EMOTION |
surprise |
| SPEECH ACT |
skirmish |
| ARTICLE |
main article |
| SERIES |
secret |
| COMMAND |
command |
| TRUST |
religion |
| RANK |
chosen response |
| USE |
brigade |
| LAND |
land |
| CAUSE |
cause |
| RELATIONSHIP |
borough |
| ABSTRACT ENTITY |
evidence |
| MEASURE |
law measures |
| TREATMENT |
treatment |
| ENTITY |
reality |
| AMOUNT |
charge |
| NAME |
name |