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Subject: Feargus O'Connor


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Sean
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Date Posted: 05:01:12 03/02/03 Sun

During a similar period Feargus O’Connor was having political problems of his own. In 1832 he had been elected as an MP for County Cork, but had been expelled from parliament in 1835 because he did not meet the property qualification to be a Member. He settled in the north of England, where he bought a newspaper business, The Northern Star, from William Hill of Barnsley. The paper campaigned fiercely against the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, for the Ten-Hour Movement, and, although a ‘legal’ newspaper, against Stamp Duty. Although he had no part in drafting the Charter, O’Connor recognised its political value as a common platform for Radical demands for reform.[4]

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