Additional papers of Joseph McGarrity,

1914-1971.

A small collection of notes, newscuttings and correspondence of the Irish-American republican organiser Joseph McGarrity. Included are draft articles relating to Irish politics, fragmentary jottings made by McGarrity on political meetings and conferences and largely undated letters to sent McGarrity from Irish-Americans and his friends and political associates in Ireland which shed light on the Irish-American political activity, societies and fundraising. Among those writing to McGarrity are Peter Golden of the Irish Progressive League, Richard M. Hurd of the American Defence Society, Eamon McGarrity and Nora Connolly O'Brien. Many letters are frequently incomplete, fragmentary and have no clear authorship.

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Main Creator: McGarrity, Joseph, 1874-1940
Contributors: O’Brien, Nora Connolly, 1892-1981
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
McGarrity, Joseph, > 1874-1940
Irish Americans > Political activity > 20th century
Irish-American Societies
Notes:These papers originally formed part of a larger collection of Joseph McGarrity Papers available at MS 17,420-17,665.

Physical description: 12 folders.

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Arrangement:Fonds

Letters to Joseph McGarrity of Philadelphia, largely from Irish Americans,

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In Collection: Additional papers of Joseph McGarrity, 1914-1971.
Description:Undated letters to Irish-American republican Joseph McGarrity from Lucy Haslam, Richard M. Hurd of the American Defence Society, concerning fundraising efforts for the Society, Thomas P. Kavanagh, a fragment letter from J. P. Keating, Sunny MacAvin, written from St. Ultan's, Cabra, a fragment of a letter from Mick McDonnell, in which he refers to his dealings with Peadar McMahon, the then Army Chief of Staff, from Eamon McGarrity in which he informs his father of a recent motorbike accident, Joseph Mulvihill, of New York, Tom McGraw of Detroit, Thomas Conroy Mahoney, concerning a donation for 'the cause' and his contacts in Ohio and Peter Murray of Los Angeles, in which he refers to the deaths of two IRA men in Los Angeles and the work of Irish-American organisations in the city.
Main Creator: Haslam, Lucy
Language:English
Extent:12 items.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 50,446/3 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.