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CONTESTING HISTORY OPPOSING VOICES

CONTESTING HISTORY OPPOSING VOICES. 13: The 1930s: A Dishonourable Decade?. The 1930s: A Dishonourable Decade?. 1922: June: the Civil War commenced 1922: Sept.: Passage of Irish Free State constitution through the Dáil 1922: Dec.: Irish Free State formally established

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CONTESTING HISTORY OPPOSING VOICES

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  1. CONTESTINGHISTORYOPPOSINGVOICES 13: The 1930s: A Dishonourable Decade?

  2. The 1930s: A Dishonourable Decade? • 1922: June: the Civil War commenced • 1922: Sept.: Passage of Irish Free State constitution through the Dáil • 1922: Dec.: Irish Free State formally established • 1923: May: Republican campaign ended • 1923: Aug.: Cumann na nGaedheal victorious in the general election • 1925: Dec.: Partition boundaries settled upon • 1926: May: Foundation of Fianna Fail • 1927: June: General election – Cumann na nGaedheal victory • 1927: Aug.: FF deputies took their seats in the Dáil • 1930: Sept.: Foundation of Saor Eire – political initiative of the IRA army convention • 1930: Constitution (amendment no. 17) bill: public safety measure • 1931: Statute of Westminster – the legislative authority of the British parliament over the dominions effectively abolished • 1932: June: FF victory in general election

  3. The 1930s: A Dishonourable Decade? • 1932: June: Land Annuities withheld from the British – beginning of the economic war • 1933: Jan.: General election – FF won outright victory • 1933: May: Oath of Allegiance removed from the Free State Constitution • 1933: July: National Guard (the Blueshirts) formed from the Army Comrades’ Association – proscribed, 22 August • 1933: Sept.: United Ireland (Fine Gael) formed from Cumann na nGaedheal, National Guard and the Centre party • 1933: Nov.: Legislation passed to curb the power of the governor-general and restrict the right of appeal to the privy council • 1934: Coal-Cattle pact signaled a relaxation of the economic war • 1936: May: the Irish Free State Senate abolished • 1936: June: the IRA proscribed • 1936: Dec.: Abdication of King Edward VIII

  4. The 1930s: A Dishonourable Decade? • 1936: Dec.: Amending Act removed references to the crown from the Free State Constitution • 1936: Dec.: External Relations Act • 1937: June: De Valera’s new constitution agreed by the Dáil • 1937: July: General election and constitutional referendum • 1938: April: Anglo-Irish Agreement – settlement of the economic war and the return of the Treaty Ports • 1938: June: General election – FF victory • 1938: June: Douglas Hyde inaugurated as the first president of Ireland • 1939: Jan.: IRA launched bombing campaign in England • 1939: Jan.: W. B. Yeats died • 1939: June: the Dáil passed legislation for suppressing the IRA • 1939: Aug.: IRA bomb in Coventry killed five people • 1939: Sept.: commencement of World War II

  5. The 1930s: A Dishonourable Decade? • Further Reading: • Augusteijn, Joost (Ed.), Ireland in the 1930s (1999). • Cronin, Mike, The Blueshirts and Irish Politics (1997). • Lee, J. J., Ireland, 1912-1985 (1989). • McGarry, Fearghal, Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War (1999). • McMahon, Deirdre, Republicans and Imperialists: Anglo-Irish Relations in the 1930s (1984).

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