Clodagh Finn: Mary O’Connell, the Liberator’s wife, remains almost invisible

Mary O'Connell with her youngest son Daniel in a portrait by John Gubbins. Picture: courtesy of OPW and Derrynane House
THE injustice of it hits me every time I walk down O’Connell Street. I’m referring to the main thoroughfare in Dublin, but the same applies to the street in Limerick or anywhere there’s a school, club, or organisation named after the great liberator Daniel O’Connell.
The memory of the barrister, politician, and nationalist leader who fought for Catholic emancipation is still sharp in the public mind.