Catholic Emancipation Act

Following the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, O’Connell, after going through the formality of an uncontested reelection, took his seat at Westminster.

…Robert Peel to carry the Emancipation Act of 1829 in Parliament. This act admitted Irish and English Roman Catholics to Parliament and to all but a handful of public offices. With the Universities Tests Act of 1871, which opened the universities to Roman Catholics, Catholic Emancipation in the United Kingdom…

… achieved passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act, which finally repealed the Penal Laws and enabled Catholics to sit once again in the British Parliament. After reforms in Dublin’s municipal government, in 1841 O’Connell became the first Roman Catholic mayor of the city since the 17th century. For the first time…

…the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829.