id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-932 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia .html text/html 17449 1804 68 They were defeated in important breakthroughs that took place in the late 1820s in terms of tolerating first dissenting Protestants.[18][19] An even more decisive blow was the unexpected repeal of the many restrictions on Catholics, after widespread organised protest by the Catholic Association in Ireland under Daniel O'Connell, with support from Catholics in England.[20] Sir Robert Peel was alarmed at the strength of the Catholic Association, warning in 1824, "We cannot tamely sit by while the danger is hourly increasing, while a power co-ordinate with that of the Government is rising by its side, nay, daily counteracting its views."[21] Prime Minister Wellington, Britain's most famous war hero, told Peel, "If we cannot get rid of the Catholic Association, we must look to Civil War in Ireland sooner or later."[22] Peel and Wellington agreed that to stop the momentum of the Catholic Association it was necessary to pass Catholic emancipation, which gave Catholics the vote and the right to sit in Parliament. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-932.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-932.txt