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{"value"=>"1898-1937", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1898/1937"}
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1898
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1937
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1898
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1898
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1937
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{"value"=>"VI. Joseph McGarrity"}
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- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Joseph McGarrity was a leader of the Irish independence movement in the United States. He was born in 1874 in Carrickmore, Ireland and immigrated to Philadelphia when he was sixteen. He joined the Clan-na-Gael in 1893 and was the leader of the Clan in Philadelphia by 1913. He supported Patrick McCartan, a friend from Carrickmore, when he came to Philadelphia in 1901. He also hosted Roger Casement during his American tour to raise funds for the Irish Volunteers in 1914 and Eamonn De Valera during his American tour to raise funds for the bond drive in 1919.</p> <p>McGarrity was a member of the executive committee of the Friends of Irish Freedom, the chairman of the organizing committee for the Irish Race Convention in 1919, and worked closely with De Valera during the bond drive that year. Like McCartan and William J. Maloney, he felt that the Irish organizations in the United States should work for an independent Ireland first and then look for recognition of the republic in the States. He openly criticized Daniel F. Cohalan and John Devoy, other Clan-na-Gael leaders and supporters of Irish independence, for their Americanization of the Clan and the Irish struggle. The Clan split over this issue and McGarrity and other like-minded men joined Harry Boland in a reorganized Clan.</p> <p>McGarrity and the re-organized Clan supported the anti-Treaty coalition in the Irish Civil War and worked closely with the Irish Republican Army after partition in 1921. He provided financial support for the IRA until his death in 1940. After his death and until 1969, the IRA signed all of its statements \"J. McGarrity\".</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains correspondence between Joseph McGarrity and other members of the struggle for Irish independence, articles written by McGarrity and others, a petition for McGarrity to run for election, and other material.</p>"}
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1.5 boxes