The Irish Free State

Tipperary born historian Nicholas Mansergh (1910 – 1991) wrote extensively on the process of decolonisation, the prelude to it, and its aftermath. Well known works include The Irish Question 1840-1921, and The Commonwealth Experience. In 1953, he became Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History in Cambridge, and was Master of St. John’s College from 1969 to 1979. He was also editor in chief of the 12 volume record of official documents on India: the Transfer of Power 1942-47.

1. The Evolution of the Irish Free State 2. The Anglo-Irish Treaty 3. The Work of the Constituent Assembly 4. The Structure of the Constitution 5. The Electoral System 6. The Legislature 7. The Procedure of the Legislature 8. The Referendum and the Initiative 9. The Executive 10. The Ministers – Their Political Role 11. The Ministers – Their Administrative Role 12. Internal Administration 13. Local Government 14. Finance and Financial Relations 15. External Affairs 16. Political Parties 17. The Judicial System 18. The Political and Constitutional Development of the Free State.