2-791-627 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The procession passing the Bank, 1844. Celebrations in Dublin, Ireland, after the release from prison of nationalist politician Daniel O'Connell. 'This procession is described as a "monster one", and according to all the accounts it was a gathering of no ordinary description...Never in Dublin was there such a procession seen, either for the numbers that it included, or that witnessed it, or for the respectability and wealth of those who either participated in it, or manifested their delight in witnessing it'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.