Afterimage of the Revolution: Cumann na nGaedheal and Irish Politics, 1922–1932

Index

Anglo-Irish Treaty, 12, 18, 19, 22–23, 58, 115, 130, 141, 159–68, 178–79, 193, 197–99, 200, 210–11, 213, 216– 17, 222–23, 233; benefits of, 32, 107, 110–11, 127–28, 170–71, 173–74, 186, 203; centrality of, to Cumann na nGaedheal (see Cumann na nGaedheal: and Treaty); negotiation of, 3, 152–57; and Oath of Allegiance, 188, 211–12, 218, 234–35, 236 Anglo-Irish War (War of Independence ), 3, 26, 35, 76, 77, 131 anti-imperialism/anticolonialism, 18–19, 33, 141–42, 144–45, 157, 163, 164–65, 170–76, 203, 213; historiography of, 143–44, 145–46, 149, 180–81; and tradition of resistance, 43–44, 58–59, 170–71, 246 Army Mutiny, 87–96, 267n126 Australia, 155, 157, 158, 161–62, 166, 170, 172, 174–75, 183, 184, 188, 189, 191, 284n126 Blythe, Ernest, 26, 27, 28, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 63, 66, 80, 83, 87, 94–95, 98–99, 129, 135, 136, 163, 175, 179–80, 200, 201, 204, 205, 216, 219, 220, 224, 226, 227, 228–29, 237–38, 265–66n99, 266n101, 267n141, 273n98; and budgets, 49, 115–16, 123–25, 127, 246–47, 250, 251, 289n142; and Irish language, 105, 110, 111–13, 116–18, 121–22; and Treaty, 47, 57, 133, 166, 233–34, 235 Boundary Commission/Agreement, 174–75, 182, 200 Canada, 159–62, 166–68, 169–70, 172– 73, 174–75, 183, 184, 185–86, 189, 191, 192, 204, 208 Canada clause, 156–57, 160–62, 165, 166–68, 173, 179, 185–86, 188, 190, 210–11 Childers, Erskine, 12, 25, 130, 148, 153, 155, 159, 160–61, 162, 165–66, 167, 186, 208–9, 213, 278n54; execution of, 39, 50, 75 citizenship, 188–89, 207 civic virtue, 11, 44–45, 69, 101–4 Collins, Michael, 9, 10, 13, 16, 26, 34, 36, 56, 60, 71, 82, 84, 107–8, 128, 141, 151, 163, 165, 167, 172, 173, 196, 209, 218–20, 222–23, 224, 230, 232, 233– 34, 252; and constructive nationalism , 49, 101, 133, 177; and the Treaty as stepping stone, 23, 88, 96, 154 299 Index Commonwealth, 11, 142–43, 152–53, 163, 166–67, 171–75, 178, 180–84, 185–88, 191, 192, 193, 194, 198–99, 203, 206, 207–8, 210, 213, 249 Constitution Amendment Act (1931), 220–21, 227, 238–39, 241 Constitution of the Irish Free State (1922), 55–58, 167, 173, 179–80, 182, 183, 185, 188, 190, 191, 210, 220–21 Cosgrave, W. T., 9, 16, 17, 24, 29, 34, 38, 40, 44–45, 49, 59, 62, 65, 70, 74, 80, 86–87, 98, 103, 104, 126, 130, 133, 137, 151, 169, 177, 181, 183, 196, 199, 202, 217, 220, 221, 231, 237, 241, 243, 245, 246, 247, 238, 248, 249, 251, 252, 266n101, 267n121; and Army Mutiny, 83, 84, 88–95, 268n156; and the constitution, 56, 58, 80–81, 100, 211, 239–40, 241; and Irishness, 107, 109–10, 119, 200, 224; as president, 24–25, 100, 131, 132, 139, 196–97, 224, 225; and Treaty, 33, 47 Criminal Investigation Department (CID), 72, 265n80 Crown, 4, 19, 57, 156–57, 159, 161, 185–86, 188–89, 190–91, 198, 205–6, 207–9, 210, 212 Cumann na nGaedheal, 4–5, 8, 14, 29, 101, 104, 105, 107, 109, 126–27, 168, 204, 212–13, 215–16, 217–19, 222– 24, 226–29, 232–33, 235–37, 247–48; and budget/economy, 26, 106, 123– 24, 236, 238, 245–50; and counterrevolution , 6, 8–14; historiography of, 6–15, 54, 128, 180–81; and law/order, 11, 19, 75, 76, 236–44; as national party, 11, 20, 128–29, 131–36, 215– 17, 225, 242; political party, 27, 49, 51, 62, 90–91, 110, 115, 119, 128, 131, 132, 133–34, 135–36, 139–40, 183, 211, 268n151; and Treaty, 17, 45–49, 51–53; and Unionists, 127, 134, 135, 229, 246 Curran, Joseph, 6, 23, 41, 180 Dáil courts, 8, 62–65 Dáil Éireann, 28–29, 67, 81, 133, 136–38, 146, 150, 279n91; legitimacy of, 60–63 de Valera, Eamon, 3, 4, 12, 13, 40, 50, 51, 55, 100, 129, 130, 148, 149, 152, 163, 179, 200, 201, 209, 211, 221, 223, 224–25, 226, 227, 228–29, 237, 242, 245; and America, 60, 147, 149–50, 151, 229–30; blamed for civil war, 36–37, 204, 229–30, 232–36; and Treaty, 152–54, 155, 165, 233–34 Democratic...