Without 'a dog's chance' : the nationalists of Northern Ireland and the Irish boundary commission, 1920-1925 / James Cousins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cousins, James A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish Boundary Commission.

Nationalists--Northern Ireland--History.

Nationalists.

Politics and government.

History.

Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 356 pages, unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Newbridge, Ireland : Irish Academic, 2020.

Contents:

1 The Making of a Trapped Minority p. 25

2 'A Triumph of Gilbertian Humour': Partition and the Anglo-Irish Treaty p. 50

3 Sisyphus Redux: Northern Nationalists and the Treaty Debates p. 76

4 'The Matter is Too Serious': The Craig-Collins Pacts and Northern Conditions p. 101

5 'Hope Deferred': The Northern Advisory Committee and Continued Instability in Ireland p. 127

6 The Woe that 'Reckless Folly Brings': The Irish Civil War and the Eclipse of the Boundary Commission p. 153

7 'No Other Policy': Regime Change, Northern Policy and the 'Hideous Skeletons' of War p. 173

8 'Without Further Hugger-Mugger': In Search of Peace and Clarity on the Boundary Question p. 199

9 'Not One Word!': Watchman, Kevin O'Shiel and Dublin's North Eastern Boundary Bureau p. 219

10 'Too Full of Secrecy and Mystery to be Wholesome': Northern Nationalism, the Free State and Article 12 of the Treaty p. 239

11 'Do it Without Them': Convening the Irish Boundary Commission p. 265

12 'Bartered and Sold': The Wishes of the Inhabitants Denied p. 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Cousins, James A. Without 'a dog's chance'.

ISBN:

9781788551021

1788551028

OCLC:

1120797448

Publisher Number:

99984754067