Patrick McCartan Papers,
1912-1938.
Papers of Patrick McCartan, 1912-1938; Letters to Patrick McCartan, correspondents include Thomas Clarke, Michael Francis Doyle, Peter Golden, Ellen Leahy, Mary F. McWhorter, Dr. William J. Maloney, Reverend James W. Power, John Quinn and various other correspondents mainly relating to his position as the Irish Provisional Government Envoy to the United States, 1912-1938; Documents relating to foreign affairs of Provisional Government of Republic of Ireland foreign relations with the United States, 1917-1919; Documents relating to Éamon De Valera’s mission in the United States, 1919-1920; Documents relating to sale in United States of bond certificates of the Republic of Ireland, 1919-1921; Documents relating to negotiations between representatives of the Republic of Ireland and the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, 1919-1921; Documents relating to the American Committee for Relief in Ireland, December 1920; Documents relating to Committee of One Hundred for Investigation of Atrocities in Ireland, 1919-1921; Documents, including list of subscribers to ‘Irish Freedom’ in Philadelphia, 1910-1920; Printed items, mainly ephemeral publicity material of Irish American organizations, 1911-1921.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Correspondence and papers of Dr. Patrick McCartan, 1912-1926. Physical description: 2 boxes (54 folders). more |
| Arrangement: | Fonds |
Patrick McCartan Papers,
1912-1938.
| In Collection: | Patrick McCartan Papers, 1912-1938 |
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| Description: | Papers of Patrick McCartan, 1912-1938; Letters to Patrick McCartan, correspondents include Thomas Clarke, Michael Francis Doyle, Peter Golden, Ellen Leahy, Mary F. McWhorter, Dr. William J. Maloney, Reverend James W. Power, John Quinn and various other correspondents mainly relating to his position as the Irish Provisional Government Envoy to the United States, 1912-1938; Documents relating to foreign affairs of Provisional Government of Republic of Ireland foreign relations with the United States, 1917-1919; Documents relating to Éamon De Valera’s mission in the United States, 1919-1920; Documents relating to sale in United States of bond certificates of the Republic of Ireland, 1919-1921; Documents relating to negotiations between representatives of the Republic of Ireland and the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, 1919-1921; Documents relating to the American Committee for Relief in Ireland, December 1920; Documents relating to Committee of One Hundred for Investigation of Atrocities in Ireland, 1919-1921; Documents, including list of subscribers to ‘Irish Freedom’ in Philadelphia, 1910-1920; Printed items, mainly ephemeral publicity material of Irish American organizations, 1911-1921. Patrick McCartan was born on 13 May 1878 in Carrickmore, County Tyrone. He first became interested in Irish nationalism in 1898 during the centenary of the United Irish Rebellion. Upon leaving school he moved to the USA and worked as a barman in Philadelphia where he met fellow Carrickmore native Joseph McGarrity who initiated him into camp 428 of Clan na Gael. McCartan returned to Ireland to study medicine in UCD in 1905 and transferred from Clan na Gael to the IRB. McCartan was due to take part in the 1916 Rising with the Tyrone volunteers but did not due to Eoin MacNeill’s countermanding order. He was arrested after the Rising in 1917 and sent to an open prison in England. Later that year he returned to Ireland and campaigned in the Longford South by-election with Sinn Féin. McCartan was eventually elected in the 1918 general election for King’s County. He became active in campaigning against the conscription of Irishmen living in the USA in 1917 and 1918 and was appointed editor of McGarrity’s ‘Irish Press’ in Philadelphia. From 1920-1922 he undertook an unsuccessful mission to Moscow, seeking Russian support for Irish independence. McCartan was re-elected for Leix-Offally at the 1921 elections and he reluctantly supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the Dáil. He was defeated in 1922 when he stood as a pro-treaty candidate, disillusioned, he quit politics to concentrate on a private medical practice in New York. He later returned to politics in 1945 and contested the 1945 presidential election. He became a founding member of Clann na Poblachta and contested the 1948 general election without success but was nominated to Seanad Éireann that year. He remained a senator until 1951. McCartan died in 1963. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 2 boxes (54 folders). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 17,666-17,692
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |