To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, Newstalk's Talking History debates his life, his legacy and how he should be remembered.Featuring: Prof Christine Kinealy, Professor of History at Quinnipiac University, and author of Daniel O'Connell and Anti-Slavery and an expert on O'Connell, Frederick Douglass, and the Famine; Prof Davide Mazzi, Professor of English Language, Translation and Linguistics and Head of the Department of Studies on Language and Culture at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; and Prof Maurice Bric, Emeritus Professor of History at UCD, and Director of the Daniel O'Connell Summer School.

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