495429 Cartoon of the Campaign for the County Clare By-Election, 1828 (engraving) by Irish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The County Clare by-election of 1828 in which the founder of the Catholic Association Daniel O\'Connell defeated William Vesey-FitzGerald, an event which led directly to Catholic empancipation. The Roman Catholic clergy held great sway over the peasantry and it was this influence that ensured that Daniel O\'Connell was victorious.); Irish, out of copyright.