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Book SynopsisRefutes the orthodox view that the independent Irish State accepted intact the civil service inherited from the former British regime in Dublin Castle
Trade ReviewMartin Maguire's important book is thoroughly anchored in an impressive array of original materials, and bristles with fresh argument and insight. It cogently addresses and challenges the full range of our existing knowledge about the Dublin Castle administration, the reforms of 1920, and the early development of the Free State civil service. The work thereby significantly advances the historiography on early 20th century Ireland.' Alvin Jackson, University of Edinburgh
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1.The civil service and the State in Ireland, 1912–18
2.Dublin Castle in crisis, 1918–21
3.Partition, the revolutionary State and the civil 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
7.Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
