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Hace 3 días · Fianna Fáil was forced to enter the Dáil or lose its seats after the murder of the Minister for Justice and External Affairs Kevin O’Higgins. Fianna Fáil remained an anti-system party in the Dáil, refusing to cooperate with the government and consistently criticising security policy as unnecessary.
Hace 2 días · For this reason, the absence of Kevin O'Higgins, of Arthur Griffith and, indeed, the majority of the members of the various governments, provisional and otherwise, who had to cope with the political reality of the Treaty, its opponents and its aftermath, is worthwhile.
Hace 4 días · It is this 'historiographical revolution' that Keith Jeffery seeks both to synthesise and to build upon his book, Ireland and the Great War. This is the first single-authored, academic study of the impact of the Great War on Ireland, and it performs this pioneering role admirably.
Hace 3 días · Apart from de Vere White’s book, John P Mccarthy wrote Kevin O’higgins: Builder of e Irish State some years ago. It’s a very good book but is mostly focused on his political career.
Hace 4 días · Kevin Christopher O’Higgins ( 7 June 1892 – 10 July 1927) was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice. He was part of early nationalist Sinn Féin, before going on to become a prominent member of Cumann na nGaedhael.
Hace 5 días · Highlights include an interview with Arthur Mathews (talking about his recent nonfiction book, Walled in by Hate: The Friends and Enemies of Kevin O’Higgins), Myles Dungan on espionage in the...
Hace 4 días · In September 1922, minister for home affairs Kevin O’Higgins was experiencing indiscipline within his recently established Garda Siochana (police) and O’Duffy was appointed commissioner. At this stage of his career O’Duffy was a fine organiser and has been given much of the credit for the emergence of a respected, non-political ...
