DANIEL O'CONNELL - FINDING THE HEART OF HIS GLOBAL LEGACY IN ROME
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2025 saw the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O' Connell, one of Ireland’s most significant historical figures. An orator, political organiser and advocate for non-violent reform, O’Connell led the campaign for Catholic Emancipation.
Known as ‘The Liberator’, he was the first Catholic to win a seat in the British Parliament in more than 100 years. O’Connell helped forge a model of peaceful mass mobilisation that influenced movements far beyond Ireland and which continue to hold relevance for the current time.
As the year of commemorations drew to a close, the Embassy of Ireland to the Holy See in partnership with the Pontifical Irish College held a one-day symposium to remember O'Connell's connections to Rome and the Church.
Daniel O’Connell died in Genoa, northern Italy in 1847. Before his body was repatriated to Dublin for burial in Glasnevin Cemetery, his heart, in accordance with his last wishes, was removed, embalmed and donated to the Irish College in Rome.
Hear from some of the speakers, on Daniel O'Connell's lasting connection to the Eternal City.
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