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When did William Smith O'Brien form the Irish Confederation?

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O'Brien's group, called Young Ireland, became convinced that only direct action would free Ireland, and in 1846, with John Mitchel , Thomas Francis Meagher , and Charles Gavan Duffy , O'Brien seceded from O'Connell's association to form the Irish Confederation.

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