Neo-colonial Ireland

Part I
Introduction
| The Ascendancy and the Baltic Barons
| Comparative Statistics

Part II
The origins of Saorstát Éireann
| The Truce and the Treaty
| The Civil War
| Saorstát Éireann
| Compensation
| Some Comparisons

Part III
The political structure of the Free State
| Clientism
| ‘Stepping Stones?’

Part IV
The Rise of Fianna Fáil
| Jinksed!
| De Valera Supreme
| The New Constitution
| The Baltic Experience

Part V
The financial structure of the Free State
| The Department of Finance
| The Sterling Link
| The Note Fund
| The Banking Commission

Part VI
Agriculture and land in the Free State
| The Land Bank
| Agriculture in the Saorstát
| Land reform
| Post-Treaty developments
| Wartime experience

Part VII
The land reform of Father Krupavicius
| The early post-independence years
| Father Krupavicius
| Subsequent developments
| Credit Unions and Co-Operatives
| A golden age

Part VIII
The banking system
| The creation of the Bank of Ireland
| Nineteenth Century developments
| The World War, the Tan War and the Civil War
| The inter-war years
| World War Two
| Recent developments

Part IX
The intellectuals and the journalists
| The Literary Elite
| The Journalists
| The Reptile Fund
| The War Era
| The Historians
| The Baltic States

Part X
Education in the Free State
| The Murder Machine
| Free State Education Policy
| External Influences
| The Great Lurch Forward
| Blundering On

Part XI
Universities in the Free State
| Trinity College
| Maynooth
| The Queen’s Colleges and the evolution of the NUI
| The Rising and After
| Universities in the Saorstát
| De Valera in Power
| Later Developments
| The Present Situation

Part XII
The legal system in the Free State
| Origins of the Legal System
| Brehon Law
| The evolution of the post-Conquest legal system
| The Republican Courts
| The Courts in the Saorstát
| Continuity of Laws
| The 1937 Constitution
| Crown Immunity
| The Current Situation

Part XIII
Policing the Free State
| The Republican Police
| Origins of the Gardaí
| Civil War Developments
| The Early Years
| Fianna Fáil in Power
| The Department Of Justice
| Recent Developments
| The Judiciary

Part XIV
The Catholic church and colonialism in Ireland
| Origins of the problem
| Pope Adrian IV
| The Ó Néill Remonstrance
| After the Reformation
| Daniel O'Connell
| After the Famine
| Cullen and nationalism

Part XV
The Catholic church and the Free State
| The First World War
| The Rising and after
| The Tan War
| The Treaty
| The Church in the Saorstát
| The plateau
| Jansenism or Calvinism?
| Vatican II and after
| The Northern Troubles

Part XVI
Industry in the Free State
| The first decade
| The second decade
| The war period and after
| Enter the multinationals
| The Telesis Report
| The Common Market
| Further developments
| The Celtic Tiger
| The Baltic experience

Part XVII
The economy of the Free State
| The initial position
| Early developments
| The Fianna Fáil era
| Learning a harsh lesson

Part XVIII
Public health in Ireland
| The post-Famine era
| Poor relief
| The Republican era
| Enter Saorstát Éireann

Part XIX
Health and welfare in the Saorstát
| External influences
| The green years
| The Browne years
| What went wrong?
| Later developments

Part XX
The Protestants in the Free State
| Historical background
| The situation before the rising
| The Rising and after
| Developments
| Eugenics
| Later developments
| The Orange State
| Overview and conclusions

Part XXI
Energy policy in the Free State
| Republican initiatives
| Professor McLaughlin
| The Shannon Scheme
| Fred Weckler
| Attention turns to turf
| The wartime energy crisis
| Post-war developments
| Nuclear power?
| The Baltic experience

Part XXII
Television in the Free State
| The advent of television
| Technical difficulties
| The Missionaries
| Labour takes a hit
| The colour television fiasco
| The third wave
| The Great Divide
| The situation now

Part XXIII
Women in the Free State
| The Easter Rising
| The Civil War
| Republican women activists
| Women disadvantaged
| Woman President of Sinn Féin
| Women in Latin America
| Women in the world at large
| General Conclusions

Part XXIV
Ireland today and tomorrow
| Colony or 'Dominion'?
| Colonial status perpetuated
| The end of empire
| “Europe”
| The great divide
| Tragedy or farce?

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