{"history":[],"article":{"id":"92cdd3bd-b332-4586-9747-806aa95e3142","title":"Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan","slug":"edmund-bailey-o-callaghan","content":":::summary\n![Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Edmund///Bailey///O%27Callaghan.jpg)\n**Name:** Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan \n**Birth Date:** February 27, 1797 \n**Birth Place:** [Mallow](https://bliptext.com/articles/mallow-county-cork), [Ireland](https://bliptext.com/articles/ireland) \n**Death Date:** May 29, 1880 \n**Death Place:** [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city), [New York](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-state) \n**Occupation:** doctor, journalist, member of provincial parliament, secretary-archivist \n:::\n\n# \n**Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan**, (probably 27 February 1797 – 29 May 1880) was an [Irish](https://bliptext.com/articles/irish-people) doctor, historian and journalist.\n\n# Career\nBorn in [Mallow](https://bliptext.com/articles/mallow-county-cork), [County Cork](https://bliptext.com/articles/county-cork), [Ireland](https://bliptext.com/articles/ireland), he studied medicine in [Paris](https://bliptext.com/articles/paris) and immigrated to [Lower Canada](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-canada) in 1823 where he became involved in the political reform movement of the [Parti patriote](https://bliptext.com/articles/parti-patriote).\nHe was registered to practice medicine in Lower Canada on 16 October 1827.\nOn the death of [Daniel Tracey](https://bliptext.com/articles/daniel-tracey), owner of the [Montreal Vindicator](https://bliptext.com/articles/montreal-vindicator) newspaper, in 1832 O'Callaghan became the editor and brought in [Thomas Storrow Brown](https://bliptext.com/articles/thomas-storrow-brown) to work on the paper.\nThey proved to be an irreducible adversary of [Lord Gosford](https://bliptext.com/articles/lord-gosford) and the status quo.\nIn 1834, O'Callaghan was elected to the [Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada](https://bliptext.com/articles/legislative-assembly-of-lower-canada) for Yamaska.\nIn office, he was a close supporter of [Louis Joseph Papineau](https://bliptext.com/articles/louis-joseph-papineau).\nIn 1837, during the [Lower Canada Rebellion](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-canada-rebellion), a mandate of arrest was issued against him, and he sought refuge at [Saint-Denis](https://bliptext.com/articles/saint-denis-sur-richelieu-quebec), then crossed the [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states) border with his friend, [Louis-Joseph Papineau](https://bliptext.com/articles/louis-joseph-papineau).\nLater, O'Callaghan became secretary-archivist of the [State of New York](https://bliptext.com/articles/state-of-new-york), and died there in 1880.\n\n# Works\n

","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T19:55:15.005Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T19:55:15.005Z","search_vector":"'bailey':2 'callaghan':4 'edmund':1 'o':3","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan \n**Birth Date:** February 27, 1797 \n**Birth Place:** [Mallow](https://bliptext.com/articles/mallow-county-cork), [Ireland](https://bliptext.com/articles/ireland) \n**Death Date:** May 29, 1880 \n**Death Place:** [[New York](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-state) City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city), [New York](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-state) \n**Occupation:** doctor, journalist, member of provincial parliament, secretary-archivist \n \n\n# \n**Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan**, (probably 27 February 1797 – 29 May 1880) was an [Irish](https://bliptext.com/articles/irish-people) doctor, historian and journalist.\n\n# Career\nBorn in [Mallow](https://bliptext.com/articles/mallow-county-cork), [County Cork](https://bliptext.com/articles/county-cork), [Ireland](https://bliptext.com/articles/ireland), he studied medicine in [Paris](https://bliptext.com/articles/paris) and immigrated to [Lower Canada](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-canada) in 1823 where he became involved in the political reform movement of the [Parti patriote](https://bliptext.com/articles/parti-patriote).\nHe was registered to practice medicine in Lower Canada on 16 October 1827.\nOn the death of [Daniel Tracey](https://bliptext.com/articles/daniel-tracey), owner of the [Montreal Vindicator](https://bliptext.com/articles/montreal-vindicator) newspaper, in 1832 O'Callaghan became the editor and brought in [Thomas Storrow Brown](https://bliptext.com/articles/thomas-storrow-brown) to work on the paper.\nThey proved to be an irreducible adversary of [Lord Gosford](https://bliptext.com/articles/lord-gosford) and the status quo.\nIn 1834, O'Callaghan was elected to the [Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada](https://bliptext.com/articles/legislative-assembly-of-lower-canada) for Yamaska.\nIn office, he was a close supporter of [Louis Joseph Papineau](https://bliptext.com/articles/louis-joseph-papineau).\nIn 1837, during the [Lower Canada Rebellion](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-canada-rebellion), a mandate of arrest was issued against him, and he sought refuge at [Saint-Denis](https://bliptext.com/articles/saint-denis-sur-richelieu-quebec), then crossed the [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states) border with his friend, [Louis-Joseph Papineau](https://bliptext.com/articles/louis-joseph-papineau).\nLater, O'Callaghan became secretary-archivist of the [State of New York](https://bliptext.com/articles/state-of-new-york), and died there in 1880.\n\n# Works\n \n \n \n ","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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