The Irish White Cross was established on 1 February 1921 as a mechanism for distributing funds raised by the American Committee for Relief in Ireland. It was managed by the

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businessman, and later

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senator, James G. Douglas. The White Cross continued to operate until the

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and its books were officially closed in 1928. From 1922 its activities were essentially wound down and remaining funds divested to subsidiary organisations. The longest running of these aid committees was the Children's Relief Association which distributed aid to child victims of this troubled period, north and south of the border, until 1947.Ceannt p67 winding up accounts audit

Bibliography

*Douglas, James G. Ed. J. Anthony Gaughan: ''Memoirs of Senator James G. Douglas- Concerned Citizen'':University College Dublin Press: 1998:
''Report of American Committee for Relief in Ireland''

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''Report of the Irish White Cross to 31 August, 1922''
: Internet Archive *Elizabeth, Helen : ''The Largest Amount of Good: Quaker Relief in Ireland, 1654–1921'' : 1993 : *Ceannt, Áinne B.É : ''Irish White Cross 1920–47 – The Storey of its Work'' : Pub. 'At the Sign of the Three Candles' : Dublin : 1947? National Library of Ireland Call No. Ir 361c2

References

External links

''The Irish White Cross and the Black and Tans''
Kildare Nationalist – September 2007

University of Notre Dame collection
Report of the Irish White Cross from 31 August 1922, Prepared by W.J. Williams
Adams Auction Rooms
Memorandum from Harry Boland (New York), 5 August 1921 to Eamon de Valera (Dublin) re. White Cross
'Documents on Irish Foreign Policy'' Irish War of Independence Medical and health organisations based in the Republic of Ireland 1921 establishments in Ireland 1928 disestablishments in Ireland Quaker organisations based Ireland {{Ireland-stub