This book examines the politics of taxation in Ireland between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries. Combining political, economic, and policy history, it

'An invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate' Financial Times It has always been an important part of British s

This book is a continuation of the prestigious series which is drawn from the papers of the biennial Cambridge Tax Law History Conference. The authors are a mix

Ireland has enjoyed continuous democratic government for almost a century, an unusual experience among countries that gained their independence in the 20th cent

In the 1830s, as Britain navigated political reform to stave off instability and social unrest, Ireland became increasingly influential in determining British p