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OverviewSenator James G. Douglas, a Dublin business and and a Quaker and Irish nationalist, was active in the Irish White Cross, 1920-22. Appointed by Michael Collins as a member of the committee which prepared drafts for the first Irish constitution in 1922. He was a member of Seanad Eireann in 1922-36, 1938-43 and 1944-54. These memoirs relate his involvement in the events of 1916-26. He casts fresh light on some events - revealing for example his secret meetings with De Valera in the closing stages of the Civil War. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony Gaughan , J. Anthony Gaughan , J. Anthony Gaughan (Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland)Publisher: University College Dublin Press Imprint: University College Dublin Press Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9781900621199ISBN 10: 1900621193 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 16 November 1998 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPart 1 - 1887-1922. Part 2 - 1921-22. Part 3 - 1922-31. Part 4 - 1923-26. Appendices: background to Miss Gertrude Webb's school; letter of 17 March 1917 from Douglas, Maurice Moore and George Russell to members of the Irish Conference Committee; report on distress in Ireland - survey by the American unit under the auspices of the American Committee for Relief in Ireland 1921; encomium by Douglas on Michael Collins, 1922; report by Douglas to Seanad Eireann on Congress of Europe 1948; tribute by Patrick F. Baxter, Cathaoirleach, Seanad Eireann, to Senator James G. Douglas, 1954.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |