Money for Ireland : finance, diplomacy, politics, and the first Dáil Éireann loans, 1919-1936
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Money for Ireland : finance, diplomacy, politics, and the first Dáil Éireann loans, 1919-1936
(Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought)
Praeger, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-172) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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Raising money was one of the great successes of the Irish government, as the funds provided the sinews of war with which to fight Britain. This book details the history of the financing of the Irish revolution from both domestic and international loans. Divisions in Irish society over the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the creation of the Irish Free State led to the outbreak of the Civil War. The Free State's ability to deny the anti-Treaty forces access to the loan funds through a ten-year court battle would prove a powerful weapon in defeating the Republicans.
The Dáil government depended on the loans to finance their operations, and the failure of the anti-Treaty forces was due in part to their shortage of funds. International complications arose for the Free State when courts in Dublin and New York disagreed over dispersal of the money. Upon his return to government office, Eamon de Valera appealed to bond holders, particularly those in the United States, to give the loan money to him to found an opposition newspaper. Only when de Valera himself formed a government would all of the bond money be repaid. These events would raise questions of international law, and the results would shape Irish relations with the United States for a decade.
Table of Contents
Preface
Dáil Éireann and the Need for Money
The Irish Bond-Certificate Drive in America
The Treaty Crisis, the Civil War, and Rival Claims for the Dáil Funds
The Dáil Funds in the New York Courts
New Claims for the Bond-Certificates
The Irish Settlement
Appendix I: Promotional Material for the Internal Loan in Ireland
Appendix II: Promotional Material for the Sale of Bond-Certificates in the United States
Appendix III: The Impact of the Bond Cases in International Law
Appendix IV: Fogarty v. O'Donoghue, from The Irish Reports
Appendix V: Irish Free State, et al. v. Guaranty Safe Deposit Company, et al., from New York Miscellaneous Reports
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