Dead Interesting by Glasnevin Cemetery

Author:Glasnevin Cemetery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mercier Press

Steele was devoted to O’Connell, saying that he would readily die for him or his country. They travelled around Ireland together addressing crowds and, when there was a threat of violence, Tom Steele would calm the sometimes-fractious mob.

By the 1840s Tom Steele had become something of a figure of fun amongst the new and younger members of the repeal movement. In his adventures he had broken most of his teeth and, when he spoke, he tended to cover the listener in spittle. He was mocked for his slave-like devotion to O’Connell and was described by some of the Young Irelanders as a ‘semi-lunatic’. When O’Connell was asked once why he kept Steele on as head pacificator, he responded, ‘Why, who else would want that job?’

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.