Above : Picture Of Daniel O’Connell

No real progress was being made, and in 1823, O’Connell resolved on a new policy. In conjunction with his friend, Richard Lalor Shiel, he founded the Catholic Association. The aim of this society was not limited to gaining for Catholics the right of sitting in Parliament. It purposed to bring into prominence the chief grievances from which the bulk of the Irish people suffered! with a view to their redress. The rack-renting ; the confiscation OF tenants’ improvements ; the jobbery in public life, were all to be attacked.