O'Connell and the Whigs: Whig - O'Connell alliance.

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This lesson continues looking at Ireland in the 1830s and 1840s. It concentrates on O’Connell’s relationship with the Whigs/Tories and focuses on his campaign to repeal the Act of Union. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between O’Connell and the Whigs after Catholic Emancipation had been achieved. What was the nature and impact of Whig Irish reform? What were O’Connell’s motives in soliciting such a relationship? What was the relationship between the British and the Irish under the Peel leadership?

NOTE: This plan requires additional resources which are listed below

Great Britain and the Irish question 1800-1922 (Second Edition) by Paul Adelman and Robert Pearce (Hodder & Stoughton) Chapter 3
The Green Flag: A History of Irish Nationalism by Robert Kee
Ireland 1798-1998 by Alvin Jackson
Modern Ireland 1600-1972 by RF Foster