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Dissolved : the remarkable story of how Cork lost its Corporation in 1924 / Aidan Quinlivan.

By: Quinlivan, Aodh [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Occasional series (Cork City Libraries) ; 9.Publisher: Cork : Cork City Council Library, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: xiii, 149 pages : illustrations, photos, ports, facsims. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780992883744 (paperback).Subject(s): Monahan, Philip, 1893-1983 | Beamish, Richard, 1862-1938 | French, Sean, 1890-1937 | Cork (Ireland). Corporation -- History -- 20th Century | Public utilities -- Administration -- Ireland -- Cork (City) -- History -- 20th Century | Public utilities -- Ireland -- Cork (City) -- History -- 20th Century | Local government -- Ireland -- Cork (City) -- Administration -- 20th Century | Local government -- Law and legislation -- Ireland -- History -- 20th Century | Local government -- Officials and employees -- Ireland -- History -- 20th Century | Local government -- Ireland -- Cork (City) -- Management -- History | Local government -- Ireland -- Cork (City) -- History -- 20th Century | Cork (Ireland) -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949 | Cork (Ireland) -- Local government -- History -- 20th Century | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949DDC classification: 352.041956
Contents:
The fate of the country hangs in the balance -- Dublin falls and momentum builds for an inquiry in Cork -- Preliminary evidence: Government accused of undemocratic, tyrannous and outrageous action -- Day 1: The inquiry begins: dastardly statements and a murder threat -- Day 2: The most cowardly, mean and deliberate falsehood ever uttered by one man against another -- Day 3: Jostling by the circus clowns -- Day 4: Donegan tries to bring one of the strong men back down to earth -- Day 5: Dead dogs and calves floating in the River Lee -- Day 6: Inspector O'Dwyer accused of bowing to the almighty Beamish -- Day 7: Anthony's evidence is much ado about nothing -- A hoard of onion women and a back-tracking Hare -- Day 9: No relief from the turbulent knight -- Good intentions cannot save the Corporation -- The ghost of the dead legislative child -- Epilogue.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 352.041956 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00181071
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: (pages 145-146) and index.

The fate of the country hangs in the balance -- Dublin falls and momentum builds for an inquiry in Cork -- Preliminary evidence: Government accused of undemocratic, tyrannous and outrageous action -- Day 1: The inquiry begins: dastardly statements and a murder threat -- Day 2: The most cowardly, mean and deliberate falsehood ever uttered by one man against another -- Day 3: Jostling by the circus clowns -- Day 4: Donegan tries to bring one of the strong men back down to earth -- Day 5: Dead dogs and calves floating in the River Lee -- Day 6: Inspector O'Dwyer accused of bowing to the almighty Beamish -- Day 7: Anthony's evidence is much ado about nothing -- A hoard of onion women and a back-tracking Hare -- Day 9: No relief from the turbulent knight -- Good intentions cannot save the Corporation -- The ghost of the dead legislative child -- Epilogue.