Michael J. Ryan (politician)

Michael J. Ryan (politician)
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Michael J. Ryan (1862-1943), born in Philadelphia, was city solicitor of Philadelphia. He was also the national president of the United Irish League of America, starting in 1906.[1]

Biography

He attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 with Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne and Frank Patrick Walsh to argue for Irish independence.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Roosevelt To The Irish. Tells T.P. O'Connor of His Admiration for the Race". New York Times. October 7, 1906. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40812FF3D5512738DDDAE0894D8415B868CF1D3. Retrieved 2010-12-25. "President Roosevelt to-day received T. P. O'Connor, M.P., of the Irish Home Rule Party: Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia, the new President of the United Irish League of America, and Dr. Maurice F. Egan and William F. Downey, both of Washington. Mr. O'Connor had met the President several times before." 
  2. ^ "Ryan Reports Erin Eager For Freedom". New York Times. June 2, 1919. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B16FF345D147A93C0A9178DD85F4D8185F9. Retrieved 2010-09-28. "Michael J. Ryan, who, with ex-Governor Edward F. Dunne and Frank P. Walsh, representing Irish-American societies, went abroad to plead with the Peace Conference to receive a committee appointed by the convention of the Irish Republic, returned yesterday on the French Line steamship Lorraine to report on their mission." 

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