Michael McCartan (1 January 1851 – 30 September 1902) was an

Irish nationalist Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state. Since the mid-19th century, Irish nationalism has largely taken the form of ...

politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1886 to 1902. McCartan was born in

Castlewellan, County Down Castlewellan () is a small town in County Down, in the south-east of Northern Ireland close to the Irish Sea. It is beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, southwest of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve C ...

, and educated at St. Malachy's College in

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and then

Blackrock College Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded by French missionary Jules Leman in 18 ...

. He became a solicitor in 1882. At the 1886 general election he was elected as the

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(MP) for South Down. He sat for the

Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nation ...

until the split in 1890, when he joined the anti-Parnellite

Irish National Federation The Irish National Federation (INF) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1891 by former members of the Irish National League (INL), after a split in the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) on the leadership of Charl ...

, he rejoined the IPP when the two sides re-united in 1900. Having been re-elected 3 times, McCartan resigned from the House of Commons on 1 February 1902. He died in September that year aged 51.

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* 1851 births 1902 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922) Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Anti-Parnellite MPs UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Politicians from County Down People educated at St Malachy's College People educated at Blackrock College People from Castlewellan {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub