Above : Illustration Picture Of The Famine THE end of the famine found the masses of the Irish people reduced in number and depressed in spirit. Their great leader was dead. A sea of suffering divided them from the days of Emancipation and of the Maw Meetings. Different Views of the Two Sections of the Young Irelanders.— On the Young Irelanders, on the other hand, the sight of the tortures and death of so many of their fellow-countrymen had produced a feeling of ... Read More

Above : Illustrating Picture, Daniel O'Connell Giving Speech The years that immediately followed the gaining of Emancipation saw O'Connell at the height of his power. He was well fitted in every way to play the part of a popular leader; a part which demands almost of necessity the possession of certain physical, as well as certain mental gifts. With these gifts O'Connell was very specially endowed. He was tall and well made. His face, in spite of rather coarse features, was, as ... Read More