Catholic Association was an Irish Roman Catholic political organisation set up by Daniel O'Connell in the early nineteenth century to campaign for Catholic emancipation within Great Britain.
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11 Facts About Catholic Association
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In 1824, the Catholic Association began to use the money that it had raised to campaign for Catholic emancipation.
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Catholic Association's funds were to be diffused widely in a variety of areas.
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The Catholic Association's funds were used to support these boycotts so that they could continue and live well enough to have enough food to survive.
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Catholic Association was originally aristocratic in its composition, and some of the gentry held relatively conservative views.
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Since the aims of the Catholic Association were fairly moderate, and the organisation remained loyal to the monarch, British MPs were conceptually more willing to pass Catholic emancipation.
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Henry Grattan continued to support the cause and Catholic Association emancipation had been passed by the House of Commons previously by a majority of six, but it was rejected in the House of Lords, and generally by King George III, who reigned until 1820.
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Biggest strength of the Catholic Association was that the Catholic Church helped in the collection of the Catholic Rent.
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Sir Robert Peel believed the alliance of the Catholic Association and the Catholic Church was a "powerful combination".
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From 1826, the Catholic Association began to use its funds to support pro-emancipation MPs in elections.
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Archive of the Catholic Association is housed with the archives of Dublin Diocese in Clonliffe College.
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