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Consequently, it would be a decided gain if they all took it into their heads to emigrate. When they go abroad they are thrown on their own responsibilities and have to work whether they like it or not. W. T. Cosgrave. Responsibility, Ideas, People. 19 Copy quote. Discover W. T. Cosgrave famous and rare quotes. "People reared in workhouses, as ...
18 de out. de 2014 · An extract from ‘Judging W. T. Cosgrave’, a new biography of the Free State leader. Expand. Man of the cloth: WT Cosgrave disguised as Brother Doyle in 1920 . Stephen Collins.
rescuing W. T. Cosgrave from the margins of twentieth-century Irish history and places him firmly at the heart of the historiography. Judging W. T. Cosgrave constitutes a major contribution to the historical understanding of independent Ireland's first head of government and the democratic state that he helped to establish and nurture whether in
Cosgrave, of his late father’s papers. These personal papers and a collection of photographs were used by Dr Michael Laffan during his research for his biography and assessment of Cosgrave’s contribution to Irish political life and the building of the new state – Judging W.T. Cosgrave … (Dublin, RIA, 2014),
W.T. Cosgrave. William Thomas Cosgrave, ( June 6, 1880 – November 16, 1965 ), known generally as W.T. Cosgrave, was an Irish politician who succeeded Michael Collins as Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government from August to December 1922. He served as the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932.
They were led by W. T. Cosgrave, who had become the leader of the Pro-Treaty wing of Sinn Féin and on 27 April 1923 became the first leader of the Cumann na nGaedheal. The 2nd provisional government and the 5th ministry lasted for overlapping concurrent periods of 99 days and 89 days respectively. The 1st executive council lasted for 288 days.
W. T. Cosgrave has been neglected by scholars in comparison with other prominent twentieth-century Irish leaders. This biography, by a leading Irish historian, uses sources not previously consulted to examine his career as local politician, rebel, minister, head of government for almost ten years, and opposition leader.
- Michael Laffan
