William Smith O'Brien
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William Smith O''Brien (17 October 1803 18 June 1864) was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Young Ireland movement. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen''s Land. In 1854, he was released on the condition of exile from Ireland, and he lived in Brussels for two years. In 1856 O''Brien was pardoned and returned to Ireland,…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William Smith O''Brien (17 October 1803 18 June 1864) was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Young Ireland movement. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen''s Land. In 1854, he was released on the condition of exile from Ireland, and he lived in Brussels for two years. In 1856 O''Brien was pardoned and returned to Ireland, but he was never active again in politics. Born in Dromoland, Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare, he was the second son of Sir Edward O''Brien, 4th Baronet, of Dromoland Castle. William took the additional surname Smith, his mother''s maiden name, upon inheriting property through her. He was a descendant of the eleventh century Ard Rí (High King of Ireland), Brian Boru. He received an upper-class English education at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge