David McCullagh From Crown to Harp review, recensie en informatie geschiedenisboek over hoe het Anglo-Ierse verdrag tussen 1920 en 1949 ongedaan werd gemaakt. Op 16 december 2025 verschijnt bij Gill Books het boek van de David McCullagh de uit Ierland afkomstige journalist. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.
David McCullagh From Crown to Harp review en recensie
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From Crown to Harp
How the Anglo-Irish treaty was undone 1920-1949
- Auteur: David McCullagh (Ierland)
- Soort boek: Ierse geschiedenis
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Gill Books
- Verschijnt: 16 december 2025
- Omvang: 528 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek
- Prijs: € 26,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek van David McCullagh
The crown was the symbol of British power in Ireland, and in December 1921 opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty claimed that its terms tied Ireland to the Crown forever. The new Irish Free State would be within the British Commonwealth, with limited sovereignty. And some believed it would stay that way if the Treaty was accepted.
And yet, within 16 years, Ireland had become a republic. A dozen years after that, it acquired the name as well and removed any ambiguity about its constitutional status by formally leaving the Commonwealth. And all without the firing of a shot.
This peaceful revolution had been achieved by a succession of governments of different parties and a cast of characters that included a monarch prepared to surrender his throne for love; a British prime minister who made Irish neutrality possible and another who did his best to bully or bribe Ireland into World War II. What had seemed impossible in 1921 had been achieved through relentless pressure, considerable skill and no small amount of luck. This is the story of how it happened.
David McCullagh was born on 1 December 1967. He is a journalist, author and presenter with RTÉ, where he has presented the Six One News since 2020. He previously presented current affairs television programme Prime Time and was political correspondent with RTÉ News. He is the author of a biography of John A. Costello and a two-volume biography of Éamon de Valera.