Description

First published in the early 1840s during the height of the massive Repeal of the Union campaign, Memoir on Ireland Native and Saxon remains one of the most defining political texts of 19th-century Irish history. Written directly by Daniel O’Connell, this historic tract was designed to present a formal historical argument to Queen Victoria and the British public detailing the injustices suffered by the island under English governance.

O’Connell utilizes his formidable legal intellect to compile a historical brief tracking centuries of land confiscations, religious persecution, and economic systematic legal bias. Written with a superb mixture of sharp historical documentation and passionate, soaring rhetoric, this text provides modern readers with an unvarnished look at the ideological framework that energized millions of ordinary citizens to demand Catholic Emancipation and political self-determination.

Primary source features of this radical manifesto:

• Authentic Historical Text: A complete, direct printing of Daniel O’Connell’s political tract without external modern filtration.

• Legal and Rhetorical Mastery: Showcases the brilliant legal debating strategies and sharp arguments of “The Liberator.”

• 19th Century Cornerstone: An absolute essential primary source text for university researchers studying the Repeal movement.