Patrick McCartan

Patrick McCartan
McCartan in 1917
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1922 – August 1923
In office
May 1921 – June 1922
ConstituencyLeix–Offaly
In office
December 1918 – May 1921
ConstituencyKing's County
Member of Parliament
In office
December 1918 – November 1922
ConstituencyKing's County
In office
April 1918 – December 1918
ConstituencyTullamore
Senator
In office
21 April 1948 – 14 August 1951
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born(1878-05-13)13 May 1878
Carrickmore, County Tyrone, Ireland
Died28 March 1963(1963-03-28) (aged 84)
Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
Political party
Spouse
Elizabeth Kearney
(m. 1937)
Children2

Patrick McCartan (13 May 1878 – 28 March 1963)[1] was an Irish republican and politician.[2] He served the First Dáil (1919–1921) on diplomatic missions to the United States and Soviet Russia. He returned to public life in 1948, serving in Seanad Éireann for Clann na Poblachta. McCartan was also a doctor.[3]

  1. ^ Coleman, Marie (October 2009). "McCartan, Patrick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Patrick McCartan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ^ Macardle, Dorothy (1965). The Irish Republic. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 250.