La primera convención de la raza irlandesa

CAROLINA BARRY

Irish Migration Studies in Latin American

Society for Irish Latin American Studies

Lugar: Burtigny, Switzerland; Año: 2004 p. 17 - 18

1661-6065

During the intense negotiations between Dáil Eireann President Eamon DeValera and British PM Lloyd George, a call was made to organize the first International Irish Race Congress, to be held in Paris in January 1922 in compliance with the strategy of making pubic the violence of the war. The initiator of the congress was Thomas Hughes Kelly from New York, who declared that ´Ireland´s future is not limited to its geographic boundaries. She gave away to the world her strongest and most trustworthy sons. Now we compensate her with our support, which is the first offspring of that prolific seed´ [El Boletín Irlandés, Buenos Aires, 24 December 1921]. In order to prepare the international congress and to unify strategies, it was firstly necessary to organize the Irish communities in all countries in which they were settled.