This book is a history of the Irish civil service and its response to revolutionary changes in the State. It examines the response of the civil service to the t

This book is a history of the Irish civil service and its response to revolutionary changes in the State. It examines the response of the civil service to the t

In 1922 the fledgling Irish Free State decided to replace the RIC with the Civic Guard (An Garda Síochána). This new Irish police force found itself dealing w

The 1921 partition of Ireland had huge ramifications for almost all aspects of Irish life and was directly responsible for hundreds of deaths and injuries, with

All places undergo change, but in few has this change been quite as sweeping as Ireland – both the independent Republic of Ireland and dependent Northern Irel