Repeal of the Union

Calls for a repeal of the Act of Union were made from time to time in the years after 1800. Following the success of the Catholic Emancipation campaign, Daniel O'Connell announced that repeal was now his main objective, founding the Repeal Association in July 1840. The Repeal movement revived the tactics of the Catholic Emancipation campaign, with local societies collecting a ‘Repeal rent’, and active cooperation from the Catholic clergy.