Michael Francis Doyle
Michael Francis Doyle.
From Casement display at
Kerry County Museum.
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Michael Francis Doyle,
born July 12, 1875 in Philadelphia.
Irish-American.
He took a law degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897.
He was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.
He was an international lawyer.
A prominent
Democrat.
Very wealthy.
Secretary to
William Jennings Bryan,
presumably when the latter was US Secretary of State 1913-1915.
He represented Irish nationalists in America.
He helped get
Eamon de Valera
saved from execution after the 1916 Rising,
by presenting the evidence that De Valera was an American citizen.
He came from America to assist in the defence of
Roger Casement
in his trial for treason in
1916.
He was also counsel in a libel case for Casement's friend
Thomas St.John Gaffney.
He
mar 28 Nov 1917 to
Nancy O'Donoghue [born 18 May 1883]. No issue.
American counsel for Irish Republican Movement, 1921.
He was a friend of
George Bernard Shaw
and
John McCormack.
Candidate for
Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania in 1928 and 1932.
A devout Catholic.
He was made a
Knight of the Holy Sepulchre (KGCHS).
He left about £40,000
to repair the roof of the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
in Jerusalem.
See
letter
to
TIME magazine, Apr 15, 1940.
It
says he is then a practicing lawyer in Philadelphia.
He lived
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
He was a
close friend of
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
US President 1933-1945.
He was an adviser to
Harry S. Truman, US President 1945-1953.
He was described as
"Truman's right-hand man".
NUI
conferred Doctorate of Laws on him.
Nancy died 29 Sept 1957, age 74 yrs.
He was part of an American syndicate that purchased
Kenmare House, Killarney, Co.Kerry in 1957.
He died Mar 25, 1960 in Philadelphia, age 84 yrs.
They are bur
Holy Cross Cemetery,
Yeadon, Pennsylvania.
See
findagrave.
The Trial of Roger Casement, 1916,
painted by
John Lavery.
Michael Francis Doyle is in the picture, but obscured.
Painting on long-term loan to the
King's Inns.
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From
John McGuiggan.
Michael Francis Doyle is no.9 in the picture.
See other photo
and other key
on display at
Kerry County Museum.
Michael Francis Doyle at the trial of Roger Casement in 1916.
From a display at King's Inns.
Thought to be from a photo in the Daily Telegraph, 19 July 1916.
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Michael Francis Doyle and his wife Nancy,
after audience with
Pope Pius XII,
Jan 1951.
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Michael Francis Doyle
with the new
Pope John XXIII,
1958.
Jack Yeats photos
Frank Flanagan
was a friend of the painter
Jack B. Yeats.
Photos of Jack Yeats are rare.
He never appeared in public.
Michael Francis Doyle was always taking pictures of himself with people.
Frank Flanagan got Jack Yeats out for a photo with Doyle.
A rare photo of Jack B. Yeats.
Left to right:
Sean Mac Eoin (Minister for Defence),
Nora Stack,
Michael Francis Doyle,
Alice Mac Eoin,
Jack B. Yeats (died 1957),
Nancy Doyle,
Frank Flanagan.
Photo outside Gresham Hotel, Dublin.
Maybe around 1950.
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See names on
back.
Another photo of Jack B. Yeats, apparently on the same day.
Left to Right:
Nancy Doyle,
Nora Stack,
Alice Mac Eoin, Jack B. Yeats, Frank Flanagan.
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