Editing Catholic emancipation (section)

==Political results==
The slowness of liberal reform between 1771 and 1829 led to much bitterness in Ireland, which underpinned [[Irish nationalism]] until recent times. Fresh from his success in 1829, O'Connell launched his [[Repeal Association]] in the 1830s and 1840s, hoping but failing to repeal the [[Acts of Union 1800]].

It was not until 1926 that the last of the disabilities{{which |date=April 2023}} were removed from the statute book at the initiative of [[Francis Blundell (MP for Ormskirk)|MP Francis Blundell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/the-lord-lieutenant.html|title=The Lord Lieutenant|website=Merseyside Lieutenancy|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605022714/https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/the-lord-lieutenant.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{vague|reason=Which disabilities? Also wrong on its face – a single MP can't do this|date=May 2022}} by means of the ''Roman Catholic Relief Act 1926''.<ref> Cf. [[List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1926]]; https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/55/pdfs/ukpga_19260055_en.pdf (accessed 23.04.2025)</ref>