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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465700603321

Autore

Maguire Martin

Titolo

The civil service and the revolution in Ireland, 1912-1938 [[electronic resource] ] : 'shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins' / / Martin Maguire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, 2008

ISBN

1-78170-261-6

1-84779-378-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

351.417

351.415

Soggetti

Civil service - Ireland - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Ireland Politics and government 1910-1921

Ireland Politics and government 1922-1949

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The civil service and the State in Ireland,1912-18; 2. Dublin Castle in crisis, 1918-21; 3. The revolutionary State, partition and thecivil service, 1920-21; 4. The Provisional Government and the civil service, 1922; 5. Cumann na nGaedheal and the civil service,1923-32; 6. Fianna Fáil and the civil service, 1932-38; Conclusion: the civil service, the State and the Irish revolution; Appendix: Dáil Éireann civil service, January1919 to January 1922; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a history of the Irish civil service and its response to revolutionary changes in the State. It examines the response of the civil service to the threat of partition, World War, the emergence of the revolutionary forces of Dáil Éireann and the IRA through to the Civil War and the Irish Free State. Questioning the orthodox interpretation of evolution rather than revolution in the administration of the State it throws new light on civil service organization in British-ruled Ireland, the process whereby Northern Ireland came into existence, the Dáil



Éireann administration in the War