Week 8

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Topics

The Making of the Irish Free state
The Making of Northern Ireland
 

Tutorial Focus Question

'The Irish civil war must be attributed more to native genius than to the inescapable logic of universal historical circumstances (J. J. Lee).  Why did ireland descend into civil war after having just achieved what Michael Collins described as ' the freedom to gain more freedom'?

Essential Reading

• Lee, J. J. Ireland 1912Ð1985, Politics and Society (Cambridge, 1989), pp. 56-94.

Recommended Readings

• Connor, Ulick, Michael Collins and the troubles: the struggle for Irish freedom, 1912-1922 (Edinburgh, 2001) [short loan].
• Coogan, Tim Pat, Michael Collins: the man who made Ireland (Boulder, Col. 1996) [short loan].
• ---. (London, 1995) [short loan].
• Farry. Michael, The aftermath of revolution: Sligo, 1921-23 (Dublin, 2000)
• Foster, Roy, Modern Ireland, 1600-1972 (London, 1988) [short loan].
• Garvin, Tom, 1922: The Birth of Irish Democracy (Dublin, 1996) [short loan].
• Hart, Peter, The I.R.A. and its enemies: violence and community in Cork, 1916-1923 (Oxford, 1998) [short loan].
• Hopkinson, Michael, The Irish War of Independence (Dublin, 2002) [short loan].
• ---. Green Against Green: The Irish Civil War (Dublin, 1988) [short loan].
• Hoppen, K. Theodore, Ireland Since 1800: Conflict and Conformity (London, 1999) [short loan].
• Keogh, Dermot, Twentieth Century Ireland: Nation and State (Dublin, 1994) [short loan]
• Jackson, Alvin, Ireland 1798-1998: Politics and War (Oxford, 1999) [short loan].
• Kostick, Conor, Revolution in Ireland: popular militancy, 1917 to 1923 (London, 1996) [short loan].
• Lee, J. J. Ireland 1912Ð1985, Politics and Society (Cambridge, 1989), pp. 56-94
• Neeson, E. The civil war in Ireland, 1922-23 (Dublin, 1989) [short loan].

Lecture outlines
The Making of the Irish Free State

1. Treaty, Yes
2. Reactions!
3. Irish Civil War

Michael Hopkinson Green Against Green: The Irish Civil War (Dublin, 1988)
Peter Hart The I.R.A. and its enemies: violence and community in Cork, 1916-1923 (Oxford, 1998).
Michael Collins
Arthur Griffith
Cathal Brugha
Eamon De Valera
Boundary Commission
Council of Ireland
Oath of Allegiance
'Irregulars'
William Cosgrave
Kevin O'Higgins
Fianna Fáil
Cumann na nGaedheal Party
Fine Gael

Michael Collins


David Lloyd George





Making of Northern Ireland

1. The Government of Ireland Act
2. Consolidation
3. Challenges

Thomas Hennessy, History of Northern Ireland, 1920-1996 (London, 1997)
Jonathan Bardon, History of Ulster (Belfast, 2001)
David Lloyd George
James Craig
Stormont
Collins-Craig Pact
Ramsey Macdonald
Boundary Commission
J. R. Fischer
Derry City
Fermanagh
Special Powers
Elastic Clause
Sir Basil Brooke