Patrick McCartan
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Patrick McCartan was an Irish republican and politician. He served the First Dáil on diplomatic missions to the United States and Soviet Russia. He returned to public life in 1948, serving in Seanad É
McCartan in 1917
The 1945 Irish presidential election was held on Thursday, 14 June 1945. It was Ireland's first contested presidential election. Outgoing president Douglas Hyde, who had served since 1938, did not see
Patrick McCartan
…political orientation, McCartan an active supporter of the pro-Axis front organisations such as Irish Friends of Germany, circa 1940. He contested the 1945 presidential election as an independent candidate and secured 20% of the vote. He became a founder member of Clann na Poblachta and contested the 1948 general election without…
Sean T O'Kelly, 1949