Irish Confederation

For the period of Irish self-government between 1641 and 1649, see Confederate Ireland.

Irish Confederation
ChairmanJohn Shine Lawlor
Founded13 January 1847
Split fromRepeal Association
IdeologyIrish nationalism
Young Ireland
Irish Repeal

The Irish Confederation[1] was an Irish nationalist independence movement, established on 13 January 1847 by members of the Young Ireland movement who had seceded from Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association.[2] Historian T. W. Moody described it as "the official organisation of Young Ireland".[3]

  1. ^ See also Young Ireland: The Irish Confederation
  2. ^ See also Young Ireland: Repeal Association and Daniel O'Connell: Campaign for "Repeal of the Union"
  3. ^ Moody, p 38.