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The Resource Revolutionary government in Ireland: Dáil Éireann, 1919-22

Revolutionary government in Ireland: Dáil Éireann, 1919-22

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In the wake of the Easter Rising of 1916, Irish nationalism was transformed. The old Irish Nationalist Party was outflanked by the younger and more radical Sinn Fein. In the British general election of 1918, Sinn Fein took practically all the seats in nationalist Ireland. They had pledged themselves to a policy of not attending Westminster - instead they would constitute themselves as Dail Eireann, the parliament of Ireland. Dail Eireann met for the first time in Dublin in January 1919. It attempted to put into practice the Sinn Fein theory of an alternative government. It established an alternative administration to the official British one, complete with government departments, courts of law, a department of finance, a propaganda machine and other arms of civil administration. It was, of course, a rickety and sometimes provisional structure operated frequently by hunted men, but it remained intact throughout the Irish War of Independence and secured the tacit allegiance of a large segment of the Irish nationalist population. Based on contemporary documents and private memoirs, this is the first book to examine the construction and workings of this Irish counter-state. In particular, it analyses the extremely charged relationship between the Dail administration and the IRA. It also looks at the significant aspects of government practice and administrative procedure that was carried over into the Irish Free State which was established after the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922. -- Publisher description
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eng
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Publication
Extent
xii, 423 pages
Contents
  • 1. The establishment of Dail Eireann
  • 2. Building a counter-state
  • 3. The year of revolution
  • 4. War of wills
  • 5. From truce to civil war
  • 6. Conclusion
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9780717120154
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Revolutionary government in Ireland: Dáil Éireann, 1919-22
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Revolutionary government in Ireland: Dáil Éireann, 1919-22
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In the wake of the Easter Rising of 1916, Irish nationalism was transformed. The old Irish Nationalist Party was outflanked by the younger and more radical Sinn Fein. In the British general election of 1918, Sinn Fein took practically all the seats in nationalist Ireland. They had pledged themselves to a policy of not attending Westminster - instead they would constitute themselves as Dail Eireann, the parliament of Ireland. Dail Eireann met for the first time in Dublin in January 1919. It attempted to put into practice the Sinn Fein theory of an alternative government. It established an alternative administration to the official British one, complete with government departments, courts of law, a department of finance, a propaganda machine and other arms of civil administration. It was, of course, a rickety and sometimes provisional structure operated frequently by hunted men, but it remained intact throughout the Irish War of Independence and secured the tacit allegiance of a large segment of the Irish nationalist population. Based on contemporary documents and private memoirs, this is the first book to examine the construction and workings of this Irish counter-state. In particular, it analyses the extremely charged relationship between the Dail administration and the IRA. It also looks at the significant aspects of government practice and administrative procedure that was carried over into the Irish Free State which was established after the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922. -- Publisher description
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1936-
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Mitchell, Arthur
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non fiction
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  • Revolutionaries
  • Ireland
  • Ireland
  • De Valera, Éamon
  • Dáil Éireann
  • Ireland
  • Sinn Fein
  • Ireland
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Revolutionary government in Ireland: Dáil Éireann, 1919-22
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-402) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
1. The establishment of Dail Eireann -- 2. Building a counter-state -- 3. The year of revolution -- 4. War of wills -- 5. From truce to civil war -- 6. Conclusion
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xii, 423 pages
Isbn
9780717120154
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Revolutionary government in Ireland: Dáil Éireann, 1919-22
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-402) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. The establishment of Dail Eireann -- 2. Building a counter-state -- 3. The year of revolution -- 4. War of wills -- 5. From truce to civil war -- 6. Conclusion
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xii, 423 pages
Isbn
9780717120154
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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