sentences:  Observing this he was interrupted by O'Connell's son John who declared that either he or Meagher must leave the hall.William Smith O'Brien then protested against John O'Connell's attempt to suppress a legitimate expression of opinion, and left with other prominent Young Irelanders, and never returned.After negotiations for a reunion had failed, the seceders decided to establish a new organisation which would be called the Irish Confederation.