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Young Ireland
Young Ireland
(, ) was a
political
,
cultural
and
social movement
of the mid-19th century. It began as a tendency within
Daniel O'Connell
's
Repeal Association
, associated with
The Nation
newspaper, but eventually split to found the
Irish Confederation
in 1847. Young Ireland led changes in
Irish nationalism
, including an abortive rebellion known as the
Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848
. Many of the rebellion's leaders were tried for
sedition
and sentenced to
penal transportation
to
Van Diemen's Land
. From its beginnings in the late 1830s, Young Ireland grew in influence and inspired following generations of Irish nationalists. Some of the junior members of the movement went on to found the
Irish Republican Brotherhood
.
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