Memoirs of Senator James G.Douglas (1887-1954): Concerned Citizen - Concerned Citizen

List of contents

Part 1 - 1887-1922. Part 2 - 1921-22. Part 3 - 1922-31. Part 4 - 1923-26. Appendices: background to Miss Gertrude Webb's school; letter of 17 March 1917 from Douglas, Maurice Moore and George Russell to members of the Irish Conference Committee; report on distress in Ireland - survey by the American unit under the auspices of the American Committee for Relief in Ireland 1921; encomium by Douglas on Michael Collins, 1922; report by Douglas to Seanad Eireann on Congress of Europe 1948; tribute by Patrick F. Baxter, Cathaoirleach, Seanad Eireann, to Senator James G. Douglas, 1954.

Summary

These memoirs were written in the late 1940s and cover events in Ireland from 1916-26. Besides casting fresh light on a number of these events, Douglas provides insights into the character of some of the emerging political leaders of that time.

Product details

• Authors: J. G. Douglas, James G. Douglas
• Assisted by: Anthony Gaughan (Editor), J. Anthony Gaughan (Editor)
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781900621199
• ISBN: 978-1-900621-19-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education