York by W.H. Holbrooke, Fulton Street, in October, 1849. The portraits
of the Young Ireland leaders are mainly from the daguerreotypes by
Professor Gluckmann, and the illustrations of Tipperary in 1848 are
reproduced from the "Illustrated London News" of that year._




CONTENTS


CHAPTER I. Page
RETROSPECT.--COMMENCEMENT OF THE REPEAL STRUGGLE--EARLY DAYS OF
THE ASSOCIATION 1

CHAPTER II.
THOMAS DAVIS, HIS EARLY LABOURS.--THE "NATION" NEWSPAPER--
PROGRESS OF THE ASSOCIATION.--CLONTARF MEETING.--THE STATE
TRIALS.--THE YOUNG IRELAND PARTY.--SMITH O'BRIEN.--FEDERALISM.
--THE BEQUESTS ACT 16

CHAPTER III.
FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT CAUSED BY THE RESCRIPT.--DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN MR. O'CONNELL AND THE PRIMATE.--FINANCIAL REFORMS IN
THE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION, AND CONSEQUENT DISSENSION.--
'82 CLUB.--THE COLLEGES BILL.--DIFFERENCES AND CALUMNIES
CONSEQUENT UPON IT.--QUARREL WITH MR. DAVIS.--THE GREAT LEVEE
AT THE ROTUNDA.--DECLINE OF THE AGITATION.--CLOSING LABOURS
AND DEATH OF THOMAS DAVIS 42