The British Labour Party and the Establishment of the Irish Free State, 1918-1924

Ivan Gibbons is a Senior Lecturer in Irish Studies at St Mary's University, London, UK and a Community Education Worker with the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA), UK, where he introduced and taught Irish Studies adult education courses and was awarded the Irish Post community award for this work. He has taught and written on the relationship between the British Labour Party and Irish nationalism and was awarded his PhD from Birkbeck, University of London, UK on this subject.

Introduction 1. The Evolution of the British Labour Party and Irish Nationalism 1914 - 1921 2. Labour Policy on Ireland 1918 - 1921 3. Partition Established: The Labour Party and the Government of Ireland Act 1920 4. The Establishment of the Irish Free State: The British Labour Party in Opposition 1921 - 1923 5. Labour in Government 1924: The Boundary Commission Controversy 6. The Boundary Commission 1925 Conclusion Bibliography