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Author O'Donoghue, Brendan, author

Title Activities wise and otherwise : the career of Sir Henry Augustus Robinson, 1898-1922 / Brendan O'Donoghue
Published Sallins, Kildare : Irish Academic Press, 2015

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Contents Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Plates and Maps; Introduction; PART I; Activities Wise: The Official Robinson; Chapter 1 ; Family Background and Early Career; Chapter 2; Planning the Local Govenrment (Ireland) Act 1898; Chapter 3; Implementing the Act -- A Triumph for the Local Government Board; Chapter 4; A Remarkably Harmonius Working Relationship with the Local Councils; Chapter 5; A Focus on Ensuring Efficient Administration Rather than Improving Local Services?; Chapter 6
Was the LGB the Fountainhead of Corruption in Ireland?Chapter 7; 'We Never Were Subordinate, Except To Parliament'; PART II; Activities Otherwise: The Other Robinson; Chapter 8; Home Rule: 'You Will Find that The Ulstermen's Minimum Will Be Six Entire Counties, No Option'; Chapter 9; Booting Out a Weak and Incompetent Lot; Chapter 10; The World War: The War To Unite Us All?; Chapter 11; The Easter Rising: Was There A Living Soul ... Who Was Prepared for What was to Follow?; Chapter 12; 'Sheer Madness' To Attempt Conscription; Chapter 13
'A Fair and Square Fight ... As To Who is Going to Govern the Country'Chapter 14; Supporting the Chaotic Administration of Lord French; Chapter 15; The Sinn Fein Takeover of Local Government and the Government's Response; Chapter 16; 'It was Difficult to Say Who Really was Safe in Those Days'; Chapter 17; Drafting and Implementing The Government of Ireland Act; Chapter 18; 'The Surrender of the government to Sinn Fein'; Chapter 19; Family Matters and Final Years, 1922-27; Chapter 20; Conclusions; Select Bibliography; Index; Plate Section
Summary "This is the first biography of Sir Henry Augustus Robinson, who in addition to his duties as a senior civil servant in Dublin's Custom House between 1898 and 1922, acted as unofficial adviser to British ministers on many of the major political issues of the day. A consummate administrator, Robinson was responsible for planning and implementing a new and democratic local government system in 1898--99, and for supervising infrastructural, health and social services in the proceeding twenty years. Yet, in defiance of civil service norms, he became a figure who had a significant influence on major political issues and the administration of Ireland during the critical years of 1912 to 1922. Brendan O Donoghue uncovers Robinson's official and unofficial life and work, including his role in the Home Rule controversy, the Conscription Crisis, the release of political prisoners and the decision to agree a truce in 1921. Emerging as a man who loved Ireland but whose unionist status was never in doubt, he was critical of the 'die-hard' group who, even in 1918, could not accept that some form of Home Rule was inevitable. He was concerned, however, to avert any solution which would entail complete separation from the Empire or partition. This remarkable biography justifies Robinson's critical role at a time of momentous events in the last pre-independence decade."--Book jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 23, 2015)
Subject Robinson, Henry Augustus, Sir, bart., 1857-
Ireland. Local Government Board.
SUBJECT Ireland. Local Government Board fast
Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Politics and government
SUBJECT Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901 -- Biography
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Biography
Subject Ireland
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780716533009
0716533006
0716532999
9780716532996