Memoirs of Senator James G. Douglas (1887-1954), concerned citizen
By: edited by J. Anthony Gaughan.
Contributors: Gaughan, J. Anthony.
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Douglas, J. G. 1887-1954.; Nationalists -- Ireland -- Biography.; Legislators -- Ireland -- Biography.; Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923 -- Personal narratives.; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-
Description: Senator James G. Douglas, a Dublin businessman and Quaker, was an Irish nationalist active in the Irish White Cross 1920-22. He was appointed by Michael Collins to the committee which prepared drafts for the first Irish constitution in 1922. He was a Member of Seanad Eireann 1922-36, 1938-43 and 1944-54. These previously unpublished memoirs were written in the late 1940s and relate his involvement in the events of 1916 to 1926. He casts fresh light on some of these events - revealing for example his secret meetings with de Valera in the closing stages of the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.