Repeal Association

The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland.

Repeal Association
Leader	Daniel O'Connell
Founded	1830
Dissolved	1848
Preceded by	Catholic Association
Ideology	Irish nationalism Irish autonomy National liberalism Catholic emancipation
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of Ireland Political parties Elections

"Daniel O'Connell: The Champion of Liberty" poster published in Pennsylvania, 1847.

The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to the fully devolved government briefly achieved by Henry Grattan and his patriots in the 1780s—that is, complete legislative independence for the Parliament of Ireland under the British Crown—but this time with Catholic voting rights that were now possible following the Act of Emancipation in 1829, supported by the electorate approved under the Irish Reform Act 1832. On its failure by the late 1840s the Young Ireland movement developed.

Repealer candidates contested the 1832 United Kingdom general election in Ireland. Between 1835 and 1841, they formed a pact with the Whigs. Repealer candidates, unaffiliated with the Whig Party, contested the 1841 and 1847 general elections.

Electoral statistics

The seats figure in brackets is the position after election petitions and by-elections consequent upon election petitions, had been decided. There were 105 Irish MPs in the period.

Votes in 1835 and 1837 are included in the Liberal totals in Rallings and Thrasher's tables.

Sources: Walker and Rallings & Thrasher.

Election	Candidates	Unopposed	Votes	% Irish votes	MPs
1832	51	14	31,773	34.6	42 (39)
1835	43	12	...	...	34 (32)
1837	34	15	...	...	30 (31)
1841	22	12	12,537	24.8	20 (18)
1847	51	18	14,128	43.6	36 (35)

See also

• History of Ireland (1801–1923)
• Catholic Association
• Young Ireland

External links

• Loyal National Repeal Association

References

• British Electoral Facts 1832 - 1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)