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|logo = |leader = Daniel O'Connell|chairman = |foundation = 1830|dissolution = 1848|predecessor = Catholic Association|successor = Irish nationalismKingdom of Ireland>Irish autonomyNational liberalismCatholic emancipation|position = Centre-left|international = |european = |europarl = |colours = |headquarters = |website =|elections_dab1 = List of United Kingdom general elections}}(File:Daniel O'Connell2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"Daniel O'Connell: The Champion of Liberty" poster published in Pennsylvania, 1847.)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.The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to the constitutional position briefly achieved by Henry Grattan and his patriots in the 1780s—that is, legislative independence under the British Crown—but this time with a full Catholic involvement that was 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.{| class=wikitable! Election! Candidates! Unopposed! Votes! % Irish votes! MPs1832 United Kingdom general election in Ireland>1832|51|14|31,773|34.6|42 (39)1835 United Kingdom general election in Ireland>1835|43|12|...|...|34 (32)1837 United Kingdom general election>1837|34|15|...|...|30 (31)1841 United Kingdom general election>1841|22|12|12,537|24.8|20 (18)1847 United Kingdom general election>1847|51|18|14,128|43.6|36 (35)

See also

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

External links

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• 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)

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