Máirtín Ó Catháin Collection.

Reference Code

GB243 T/SOR/38

Title

Máirtín Ó Catháin Collection

Dates of Creation

1912 – 2011

Extent

11.8MB

Name of Creators

Máirtín Ó Catháin

Level of Description

Fonds

Administrative History

Máirtín Ó Catháin is an anarchist and historian who works in the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. He was born in Glasgow in 1970 and lived in Halfway, Cambuslang and then Irvine and Newmilns in Ayrshire before moving to Derry City in the North of Ireland to study Irish History and Politics. He specialises in the history of the Irish in Scotland and various aspects of Irish labour history and has also done some work on anarchism in Glasgow and Belfast. He has been a member of a few anarchist groups over the years but has mostly been aligned with Organise! in Belfast.

Scope and Content

Includes scans of material relating to: the Glasgow Anarchist Group, including correspondence with Robert Lynn; the Scottish Federation of Anarchists and Frank Leech and digital print of The Anarchist.

System of Arrangement

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received.

Custodial History

Material collected by Máirtín Ó Catháin.

.Immediate Source of Acquisition

1. Máirtín Ó Catháin

Appraisal, Destruction, Scheduling

Appraised according to the Spirit of Revolt appraisal policy.

Accruals

Further accruals expected.

Access Conditions

Open

Copyright Reproduction

Application for reproduction should be made to the archivist.

Existence of Copies

No known copies.

Finding Aids

Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives and on the Spirit of Revolt website.

Publication Note

No known publications.

Related collections

Other Spirit of Revolt (Ref: T/SOR) collections held at Glasgow City Archives.

Date(s) of Description

Compiled by Paula Larkin (Project Archivist) September 2018.