Identity Statement for Michael McCartan
- Reference code: IE UCDA P11
- Title: Papers of Michael McCartan MP (1851–1902)
- Dates: 1882–1900
- Level of description: Item
- Extent: 737pp
- Context
- Content and Structure
- Conditions of Access and Use
Biographical History
Born Castlewellan, County Down, he qualified as a solicitor and was Irish Party MP for South Down, 1886–1901, when he resigned his seat.
Scope and Content
Damp press copy letter book containing accounts of the solicitors’ firm of Clarke & McCartan, Belfast, and c.300 copy letters from Michael McCartan Irish Parliamentary Party MP for South Down to Timothy Harrington, J.F. Small, Joseph Biggar, Charles S. Parnell, John Dillon, Timothy Michael Healy and John Morley among others, relating to electoral and constituency matters and to the political interests of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
- Access: Available by appointment to holders of a UCD Archives reader's ticket. Produced for consultation in original format. Original material will be retrieved on Fridays only. It will be made available for consultation in the UCD Special Collections reading room on Level One of the James Joyce Library.
- Language: English