Title: Memoirs of Senator James G. Douglas (1887-1954), concerned citizen
First published: 1998
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 These previously unpublished memoirs were written in the late 1940s and relate his involvement in the events of 1916 to 1926.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.
Subjects: Biography, History, Ireland Civil War, 1922-1923, Legislators, Nationalists, Personal narratives, Politics and government, Ireland, history, Ireland, politics and government, Politicians, ireland, Diaries, Statesmen
Places: Ireland
People: J. G. Douglas (1887-1954)
Time periods: 1922-, Civil War, 1922-1923
LC classification: DA965.D68 A3 1998