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View Tree for Pierse McCanPierse McCan (b. August 2, 1882, d. 1919)

Pierse McCan (son of Francis Henry McCan and Jane Mary Power) was born August 2, 1882 in Prospect Lodge, New Ross47, and died 1919 in Gloucester, England.

 Includes NotesNotes for Pierse McCan:
Elected Sinn Fein Member for Tipperary in the 1918 Election which produced the First Dail. He had been arrested on a trumped-up charge and held in Gloucester Gaol without trial when he was elected. He died as a prisoner in the Influenza Epidemic of 1919, and his body was brought home to be given a huge funeral to Dualla.
Baptised Francis Mary Pierse Alphonsus at the Church of St. Anne and St. John, Rathgarogue, Co. Wexford. Sponsors Patrick J. Power and Julia M. McCan

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