“Truly is the dawn of freedom appearing - truly the emancipation of the tenant farmers of Ireland. The south is awakening, slowly but surely.”

— James Daly (Irish Land League)

Daly in the Connaught Telegraph on 6 December 1879, after being released from Sligo jail following his comments at Gurteen.
Source: Moran 1994, page 197

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Irish nationalist activist with the Irish National Land Lea… 1838–1911

James Daly (Irish Land League) (1838–1911) Irish nationalist activist with the Irish National Land League

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