Title: Envoy extraordinary : Professor Smiddy of Cork /
Authors: Sagarra, Eda
Year: 2018
Subjects: Smiddy, Timothy; Smiddy, Timothy; Ireland History; Ireland
Abstract: This is the story of an eminent son of Cork, whose career was closely interwoven with the early history of the Irish State. -- Publisher description
Contents: Late Victorian Cork, 1875-1901 -- University Collge Cork, 1909-22 -- Economic adviser and government agent, 1921-4 -- Traveling salesman for the Free State: minister plenipotentiary, 1924-9 -- High Commissioner in London, 1929-30 -- In the wilderness? The Tariff Commission 1930-3 -- Adviser to de Valera, 1932-45 -- Monetary and banking policy -- Agriculture -- Retirement, 1945-59.