Bio - Joseph McGarrity
Joseph McGarrity was born on March 4, 1874 in Carrickmore, County Tyrone, Ireland.
He came to the United States at the age of sixteen and settled with relatives
in Philadelphia. He engaged in various business enterprises in Philadelphia
as well as in New York and Atlantic City and spent part of 1926 in Bogota, Columbia
on business.
Overriding Joseph McGarrity's many interests was the cause of Ireland as a country
free and independent of British control. He became a leader of the Philadelphia
district of Clan-na-Gael and was a generous supporter of numerous organizations
and individuals working for Irish liberty. McGarrity counted among his close
friends Sean MacDermott, John McBride, Michael Collins, Harry Boland, Sean T.
O'Kelly, Sean Russell, as well as many others. Padraig Pearse and Roger Casement
stayed at his home while visiting Philadelphia. When Eamon De Valera came to
America to raise funds for an Irish Republican government bond issue, he was
in constant touch with Joseph McGarrity, whom he considered one of his most
active and effective supporters.
Joseph McGarrity died on August 5, 1940 in Philadelphia.
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