The Irish Administration

1801-1914

R. B. McDowell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032861401
• eBook ISBN: 9781040132456
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

The developments and achievements of the Irish administration, overshadowed by the more spectacular aspects of Irish history have received comparatively little attention. But Irish conditions in the 19th Century encouraged and compelled the state to exert itself on a more extensive front than in contemporary England and a number of government departments played a very active and often creative part in Irish social and economic life. In this work, originally published in 1964, and based on a wide range of printed and manuscript sources, the author shows how the administrative structure was drastically rationalised and modernised. The author is also interested both in the work the administration performed and the men who staffed it. The Irish administration during the century came into contact with many different aspects of Irish society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• I The Administrative Framework and The Civil Service
• II The Irish Executive
• III The Financial Departments
• IV The Courts of Law 1O4
• V Police and Prisons 135
• VI Local Government, Poor Law and Public Health
• VII Departments Concerned with Economic Development
• VIII Departments Concerned with Education
• IX Archives and Information
• Epilogue
• Appendices
• I Irish Government Departments, 1800
• II Irish Government Departments, 1914
• III United Kingdom Departments Functioning in Ireland, 1914
• IV Officials Discussed, PP. 46-51
• Bibliography
• Index