Memoirs of Senator James G. Douglas (1887-1954), Concerned CitizenSenator James G. Douglas, a Dublin business and and a Quaker and Irish nationalist, was active in the Irish White Cross, 1920-22. Appointed by Michael Collins as a member of the committee which prepared drafts for the first Irish constitution in 1922. He was a member of Seanad Eireann in 1922-36, 1938-43 and 1944-54. These memoirs relate his involvement in the events of 1916-26. He casts fresh light on some events - revealing for example his secret meetings with De Valera in the closing stages of the Civil War. |
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Contents
Introduction by J Anthony Gaughan | 1 |
Background to Miss Gertrude Webbs School | 133 |
Encomium by Senator James G Douglas | 143 |
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| Title | Memoirs of Senator James G. Douglas (1887-1954), Concerned Citizen |
| Author | James Green Douglas |
| Editor | J. Anthony Gaughan |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University College Dublin Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 1900621193, 9781900621199 |
| Length | 212 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Historical Biography & Autobiography / Political History / Europe / Ireland |
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