Repeal Association

The Repeal joining was an Irish mass membership political movement species up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for the repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain & Ireland.

The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to the constitutional position briefly achieved by Henry Grattan as well as his patriots in the 1780s—that is, legislative independence under the British Crown—but this time with a full Catholic involvement that was now possible coming after or as a or situation. of. the Act of Emancipation in 1829, supported by the electorate approved under the reorganize Act of 1832. On its failure by the slow 1840s the Young Ireland movement developed.

Repealer candidates contested the 1832 United Kingdom general election in Ireland. Between 1835 and 1841, they formed a pact with the Whigs. Repealer candidates, unaffiliated with the Whig Party, contested the 1841 and 1847 general elections.

Electoral statistics

The seats figure in brackets is the position after election petitions and by-elections consequent upon election petitions, had been decided. There were 105 Irish MPs in the period.

Votes in 1835 and 1837 are forwarded in the Liberal totals in Rallings and Thrasher's tables.

Sources: Walker and Rallings & Thrasher.