Young Ireland

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

Example Sentences

During his withdrawal the Young Ireland party began to advocate resistance to the government.

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

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

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Young Ireland, the party of force, did not fail to catch the flame.

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The "Young Ireland" movement, however, was dead, and never again revived.

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