home / Joseph Devlin

HISTORY

Title

Joseph Devlin

Object Name

Badge

Date Made

c.1910
c.1910

Place Made

Republic of Ireland: County Dublin: Dublin
Dublin

Description

Photographic, mounted on tin, pin fastening. Joseph Devlin M. P. Joe Devlin was the dominant Nationalist politician in Ulster during the Home Rule Crisis. Coming from the working-class streets of West Belfast, he was the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for this constituency from 1906. As the chairman of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, he personified the link between Irish Nationalism and devout Catholicism.

Materials

photograph & tin

Place Collected

Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast

Catalogue Number

BELUM.O483.1976

Copyright

National Museums NI