Arthur O’Connor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9983653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank MacDermot (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 57 |
| Pages | 48-69 |
| Publication date | 1966-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1214 • E-ISSN: 2056-4139 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002112140002085x |
| OpenAlex | W2480600148 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Arthur O’Connor, or more correctly Conner, is now little remembered, but from 1795 to 1798 no leader of the United Irishmen had more prestige and influence than he. In England he was the darling of the Foxite whigs. In France he played a part in procuring the expedition to Bantry Bay. In Ireland he inspired and organised rebellion. He suffered nearly five years imprisonment, narrowly escaped the gallows and spent the last fifty years of his life in exile. There he was made a général de division by Napoleon, was intimate with Lafayette, Volney, and the idéologues , and married the daughter of Condorcet and niece of Grouchy. He lived through the last days of the consulate, and all of the first empire, the restoration, the hundred days, the second restoration, the July monarchy and the second republic to die tranquilly at the dawn of the second empire. An obituary notice in The Nation sang his praises
Ancient history · Archaeology · Daughter · Empire · Genealogy · Monarchy · Nephew and niece · Obituary · Political science · Prestige · Classics · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |