Catholic emancipation movement

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The Catholic emancipation movement was a political and social campaign, especially prominent in Britain and Ireland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, that sought to remove legal restrictions and civil disabilities imposed on Roman Catholics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
appliesTo Roman Catholics in Britain ⓘ
Roman Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Irish Catholics
hasCause Penal Laws against Catholics ⓘ
exclusion of Catholics from Parliament ⓘ
exclusion of Catholics from many public offices ⓘ
religious discrimination in Britain and Ireland ⓘ
hasGeographicScope Great Britain ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800

Catholic Relief Act 1778 ⓘ
Gordon Riots 1780 ⓘ
linked to: Gordon Riots

O'Connell's election for County Clare 1828 ⓘ
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 ⓘ
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 ⓘ
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Daniel O'Connell ⓘ
linked to: Daniel O’Connell

George IV ⓘ
Henry Grattan ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization Catholic Association ⓘ
hasMainGoal ending civil disabilities imposed on Catholics ⓘ
granting civil rights to Roman Catholics ⓘ
removal of legal restrictions on Roman Catholics ⓘ
hasMethod electoral pressure ⓘ
mass political mobilization ⓘ
petitioning Parliament ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom Orange Order ⓘ
Protestant establishment in Britain ⓘ
hasOutcome admission of Catholics to the Westminster Parliament ⓘ
eligibility of Catholics for most public offices ⓘ
greater religious equality in the United Kingdom ⓘ
repeal of many Penal Laws ⓘ
hasPeakPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
hasReligiousContext Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
influenced Catholic civil rights in other parts of the British Empire ⓘ
later movements for religious equality in Britain ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas of civil rights ⓘ
legalContext British constitutional law ⓘ
Irish constitutional law ⓘ
opposes Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Test Acts ⓘ
relatedTo British constitutional reform ⓘ
Irish nationalism ⓘ
history of Ireland ⓘ
history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
timePeriod c. 1770s–1830s ⓘ

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John McHale (bishop) → movement → Catholic emancipation movement ⓘ
Daniel O’Connell → movement → Catholic Emancipation movement ⓘ
linked to: Catholic emancipation movement
Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk → associatedWithEvent → Catholic Emancipation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Catholic emancipation movement
Penal Laws in Ireland → relatedConcept → Catholic Emancipation ⓘ
linked to: Catholic emancipation movement
An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland → associatedMovement → Catholic emancipation movement in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Catholic emancipation movement
British Whig Party → keyReform → Catholic Emancipation (supported by many Whigs) ⓘ
linked to: Catholic emancipation movement
Universalis Ecclesiae → relatedTo → Catholic Emancipation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Catholic emancipation movement
O’Connell Tower → associatedWith → Catholic Emancipation movement ⓘ
linked to: Catholic emancipation movement