Date of Award
6-1936
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
First Advisor
Ernenst Mahaus
Keywords
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th century, Land tenure -- Ireland -- History
Abstract
Chapter I presents the history of the land question from 1860 to 1904. The legislation enacted in this period is briefly considered as well as the political and social forces and movement which brought its enactment. The provisions of the Land Act of 1903 are summarized.
Chapter II has three selections. The first deals with land purchase under the Acts of 1903 and 1909. The second part presents various legislative measures and Anglo-Irish agreements relative to the land annuities dispute which began in 1932. The third part describes the rise of Eamon de Valera to power in the Irish Free State, setting forth his program and describing the election of 1932.
Chapter III is a study of the Anglo-Irish dispute over the period 1932-1936. The first part describes events from February, 1932, to July, 1932. The opening of the dispute British efforts to prevent repudiation, and the Free State's defalcation of the June 30 instalment are shown. Part two is an account of the early stages of the trade war from July, 1932, to the end of the same year. The third part describes events during 1933 and 1934, during which time the trade war was unmodified and no progress was made toward settlement of the dispute. The final selection gives the provisions of the Coal-Cattle Pacts made or effective in 1935, pointing out thier significance.
Chapter IV gives an account of the effect of the economic war upon Free State Trade and the reaction of the Irish people. The decline of trade and the Free State's efforts to prevent that decline are shown in the first part. The attitude of business, industry, and labor are studied in the next part, with a brief consideration of de Valara's industial program. The third part describes the effect of the trade war opon the Free State's farmers, the cattle war of 1934, and de Valera's coercive and conciliatory measures.
Chapter V summarize the issues in the sicpute and presents the conclusions drawn by the author. Evidence in respect to the validity of various Anglo-Irish Agreements and the nature of annuities is presented. Finally, new problems rising out of the dispute are briefly discussed.
The appendices contain: (1) a letter from the author to the Free State Minister in Washington, D. C.; (2) a letter from Robert Brennan, secretary at the Free State Legation in Washington, D. C., to the author; (3) a type statement from Mr. Brennan to the autor relative to the annuities dispute; (4) letter from the author to Mr. George Lansbury, April 21, 1936, containing seven questions pertaining to the land annuities dispute, and Mr. Lansbury's reply, May 21, 1936.
Recommended Citation
Proctor, Alvin H., "The Origin and development of the Anglo-Irish land annuities question" (1936). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 805.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/805
