| De Gaulle's great-grandmother was Marie Angelique McCartan. She was a daughter of Andronicus, and a sister of Felix, who visited the Genealogical Office in 1837. When the History of the diocese of Down and Connor was published in 1898 Charles De Gaulle was just eight years old. Father O'Laverty was not to know that the family he criticised was to produce France's most important statesman of the twentieth century. Read more about De Gaulle's Irish Roots at: http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetcRrI/de%20gaulle.html
Charles De Gaulle - President of FranceIn 1837 two visitors from Lille in France arrived at Dublin Castle to certify their Irish ancestry. They were father and son, Andronicus and Felix McCartan. Andronicus was the grandson of Anthony McCartan who at age sixteen fled from Ballydromerode (Drumaroad), County Down, with many others after the Treaty of Limerick. Young Anthony had a distinguished career as a captain in the French army. His descendants played a prominent role in public life throughout Flanders. The visitors to Dublin Castle were both medical doctors in Lille. http://www.drumaroadhistory.com/degaulle.html
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