Young Ireland

British  

noun

1. a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted

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Young Ireland

An energetic figure like Volodymyr Zelensky, for instance, evokes the 19th-century’s youthful nationalists and nationalisms — the Young Turks, Young Ireland.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2022

I believed, so great was my faith, or so deceptive the precedent of Young Ireland, that I should find men of genius everywhere.

From Reveries over Childhood and Youth by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

This is the work which Young Ireland deliberately and avowedly attempted, and in which it has assuredly succeeded.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

But it must be said that its heroic ballads are not equal to those of Young Ireland.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

It was not altogether politic, especially when Young Ireland was gaining the ascendant, to use such quotations habitually; but the temptation seems to have been irresistible.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur