Download or read book Sean Lemass The Enigmatic Patriot written by John Horgan and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of Seán Lemass, the finest Taoiseach in the history of the Irish StateThere are few facets of Irish life which do not owe something to the genius, effectiveness or determination of Lemass. Horgan's biography explores that contribution quite brilliantly.Bertie Ahern, The Irish TimesAs a boy Seán Lemass fought in the 1916 rising. He was a member of de Valera's first cabinet, Minister for Industry and Commerce in every Fianna Fáil government between 1932 and 1959, and as Taoiseach from 1959 to 1966 was the pivotal figure in the modernisation of Ireland.The Lemass that emerges from this fine book is an enigma and a passionate patriot; a protectionist who later became an apostle of free trade; a moderniser in what was often a party of traditionalists.John Horgan's excellent biography is the work of a critical admirer who sees his subject as one of the most outstanding Irish political figures of the century. The only biographer to have had complete access to all the government papers for the full period of Lemass's political career, Horgan provides us with a rounded, sympathetic yet critical examination of the life of one of twentieth-century Ireland's most distinguished figures.... a comprehensive and thoughtful work worthy of the subject, [it] lives up to its billing as a major biography of the Fianna Fáil leader.Stephen Collins, The Sunday TribuneSeán Lemass was not only one of the most formidable, but, for all his apparently bluff straightforwardness, one of the most elusive personalities in the history of twentieth-century Ireland. John Horgan's study, skilfully crafted and elegantly expressed, is a major biography of a major figure, greatly enhancing our understanding of the making of modern Ireland.J.J. Lee, author of The Modernisation of Irish Society, 1848–19

Download or read book Sean Lemass written by Bryce Evans and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seán Lemass enjoys unrivalled acclaim as the 'Architect of Modern Ireland'. Yet there remain great gaps in our knowledge of this mythic figure and his golden age. Up to now Lemass, a colossus of twentieth-century Irish history, was airbrushed to fit a narrative of national progress. Today, this narrative is undergoing an agonising reappraisal. This groundbreaking study reveals the man behind the myth and asks questions previously skirted around. What emerges is an authoritarian, cunning, workaholic patriot; a shrewd political tactician whose impatience lay not just with the old Ireland, but with democracy itself. This is the untold story of a great man and his lasting impact on a nation's imagination.

Download or read book The Lemass Era written by Brian Girvin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POLITICS, WORLD AFFAIRS / IRISH / HISTORY

Download or read book Se n Lemass written by John Horgan and published by Gill. This book was released on 1997 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Se n Lemass written by Brian Farrell and published by . This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of Sean Lemass, who was a founder-member of Fianna Fail in 1926 and became Minister for Industry and Commerce when the party first came to power in 1932. He held this position in every Fianna Fail government until 1959. During World War II he also held the post of Minister for Supplies. When de Valera retired from active politics in 1959, Lemass succeeded him as Taoiseach. He helped prepare the country for the dismantling of the tariff system which he himself had built up in the 1930s. In 1965 he negotiated the Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement as well as making his celebrated visit to Belfast to see Terence O'Neill, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He retired as Taoiseach in 1966 and from public life three years later. Other books by the author include Chairman or Chief?. The Irish Parliamentary Tradition and The Founding of Dail Eireann.

Download or read book Sean Lemass written by John Horgan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Se n MacEntee written by Tom Feeney and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first biographical work of one of the chief policymakers to have served the independent Irish state. It is the only scholarly biography (apart from Sean Lemass) of a senior Fianna Fail minister prominent in every de Valera administration." "Sean MacEntee was in many ways a unique political personality. He was the most senior politician in the independent Irish state to have been born in what became Northern Ireland. Moreover, he was a fiercely independent thinker whose written contribution to the public life of the state was considerable, reflecting his insatiable interest in all aspects of government policy, not merely those for which he bore ultimate responsibility. An assessment of MacEntee's life offers a unique opportunity to convey the full force of ministerial thought over a period of four decades in government and provides a comprehensive record of the main aspects of public policymaking since the foundation of the state." --Book Jacket.

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Download or read book The Economic Influence of Sean Lemass 1945 1966 written by Marion Kelleher and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Open Letter to Mr Sean Lemass written by James Hickey and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ireland 1912 1985 written by Joseph Lee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the history of Ireland from 1912 to 1985, focusing on political, social and revolutionary events.

Download or read book Sean Lemass Taoiseach written by John Horgan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is based on research into the policies and activities of Sean Lemass during his period as Taoiseach from 1959-1966. It concentrates on a number of key policy areas - notably those relating to the economy, to Northern Ireland, and to social policy - as part of an assessment of his contribution to the social and economic development of Ireland at a critical juncture in its modern history. In the field of economic policy, it provides evidence, not only for the far-reaching nature of the initiatives taken during his term of office, but for the continuous vulnerability of the relatively small Irish economy to external shocks and influences. It pays particular attention to the antecedents of his policy in this area and the policies adopted both by his predecessor and by his successors. In relation to social policy, it concentrates on a number of areas - social objectives generally, the Irish language, education and the media - which remain the subject of keen contemporary interest. It also examines his roles as party manager and electoral strategist as leader of Fianna Fæil during the same period, when his predecessor, Eamonn de Valera, had retired from politics and when the party had to come to terms with a different leadership style and different priorities for the first time in more than three decades. It explores in some detail the way in which Lemass faced the problem of managing the succession to the leadership when he chose to retire in 1966, at a time when a smooth transition could no longer be guaranteed. Finally, it assesses the sometimes paradoxical nature of his contribution, as the last political leader of the revolutionary generation, to the self-understanding and sense of purpose of the generation which was to succeed him.

Download or read book Ireland Since 1939 written by Henry Patterson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling narrative of contemporary Ireland from one of its most highly respected historians The Ireland of today is a place poised between the divisiveness of deep-seated conflict and the modernizing pull of material prosperity. Though each state's history is strikingly divergent, the mirroring ideologies that fuel them are remarkably symbiotic. With Ireland Since 1939, one of the most distinguished Irish historians working today casts a fresh and unpredictable eye to Ireland's history from World War II up through the present to show how-by putting aside its North/South conflict-Ireland can look forward to a prosperous economic future.