William Smith O'Brien
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title:
William Smith O'Brien
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William Smith O'Brien was an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) and a leader of the Young Ireland movement. He also encouraged the use of the Irish language. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander "Famine Rebellion" of 1848 but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen's Land. In 1854, he was released on the condition of exile from Ireland, and he lived in Brussels for two years. In 1856 Smith O'Brien was pardoned and returned to Ireland,
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Irish nationalist politician (1803–1864)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_O%27Brien
date created:
2004-07-04T15:46:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T08:30:12Z
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