Hugh O'Doherty

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Hugh O'Doherty (died 10 March 1924) was an Irish nationalist politician.

O'Doherty worked as a solicitor in County Londonderry. A supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell, he was a founder member of the Irish National League. Following Parnell's death, O'Doherty withdrew from politics until 1918, when he was elected to Derry Corporation as a Nationalist Party councillor. Later in 1918, his daughter drowned on the RMS Leinster. [1]

In 1920, a nationalist majority emerged on the Londonderry Corporation, and O'Doherty was elected as the first nationalist and first Roman Catholic Mayor of Derry, a post which carried with it membership of the Senate of Northern Ireland. He was seen as a neutral candidate, acceptable to both the Nationalist Party group and to the Sinn Féin grouping. He ordered that the Union Jack should not be flown from the Guildhall. [1] He also campaigned for Derry to be included in the Irish Free State. [2] In 1922, O'Doherty called a conference of all nationalists in Northern Ireland, in a first attempt to develop a common platform. [3]

O'Doherty's term as mayor ended in 1923, and he died the following year.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary: Mr Hugh C. O'Doherty", Irish Times , 12 March 1924
  2. ↑ "Londonderry, Jan. 23", Irish Times , 24 January 1922
  3. ↑ "Joint Action by Ulster Catholics", Irish Times , 30 September 1922
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