Maurice Moynihan and the Irish State, 1902-1999

Attendant Lord

John-Paul McCarthy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

132 Seiten

2022 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-8361-0 (ISBN)

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Dr Maurice Moynihan (1902-1999) was arguably the most powerful, and elusive civil servant in the first four decades of the independent Irish State, not least during de Valera's long political dominance between 1932 and 1959. This is the first comprehensive analysis of Moynihan's influence as the principal advisor to three Irish prime ministers. As well as being cabinet secretary for over two decades, a position which allowed him to attend meetings of the Irish Government as of right, Moynihan was also a recognised constitutional expert who chaired the committee that wrote the new Irish constitution, Bunreacht na hÉireann, in 1937. Moynihan also played a pivotal role in stabilising the relationship between the Republic of Ireland, and its troubled neighbour across the border, Northern Ireland. This study critically analyses his cautious approach to church-state relations, emergency powers and the constitutional aspects of foreign affairs. The emphasis is on Moynihan as a thinker as much as an administrator. The book also explains how Moynihan came to exert such a hold over Éamon de Valera. Both had taken different sides in the Irish Civil War between 1922 and 1923, yet de Valera, the one-time republican firebrand, rarely made any decision of consequence during his subsequent tenure as Taoiseach without consulting first with Moynihan, a Free State civil servant who was deeply critical of de Valera's behaviour prior to the Civil War. This book will attract not just students of Irish history and Anglo-Irish relations, but also constitutional scholars who are interested in the way newly independent states looked above all to legal reform as a way of asserting their autonomy against the metropole.

Dr John-Paul McCarthy completed his doctorate on W.E. Gladstone's intellectual life at the University of Oxford, where he held the Usher-Cunningham Scholarship in Modern History. Prior to his doctoral studies, he was a Senator George J. Mitchell Scholar in the United States. After a stint at the Home Office considering applications for permission to bring judicial review proceedings against the Home Secretary in immigration matters, he was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Middle Temple in 2019. He currently practices as a barrister in the Family Court, and in the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales. A fluent Irish-speaker, he has written extensively about Irish history and politics for Tuairisc, the leading Irish-language magazine for culture and ideas.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.07.2022
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-5275-8361-9 / 1527583619
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-8361-0 / 9781527583610
Zustand	Neuware