Party Politics in a New Democracy

Part I. From Revolution to Statehood, 1919–27

1. Introduction: The Politics of Independent Ireland
Mel Farrell

2. ‘Substance Not Shadows’: Sinn Féin and the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Mel Farrell

3. ‘The Deplorable Conflict’: Free State Politics and the Civil War
Mel Farrell

4. Aspirations and Realities: Cumann na nGaedheal in Government, 1923–1926
Mel Farrell

Part II. A Stable Democracy, 1927–37

5. A Two-Party System? Free State Politics in 1927
Mel Farrell

6. ‘Holding the Scales Even’: Cumann na nGaedheal’s Final Years in Power
Mel Farrell

7. Political Realignment: Ireland in the 1930s—A Stable Democracy?
Mel Farrell

8. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil: Common Origins, Separate Identities?
Mel Farrell

Nyckelord: History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe, Political History, Social History, History of Military