- Hardcover: 230 pages
- Publisher: Blackwater Press (1996)
- ISBN-10: 086121658X
- ISBN-13: 978-0861216581
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 16 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 540 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Almost brilliant portrayal of family - and national - continuity,
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This review is from: The Cosgrave Legacy (Hardcover)
Stephen Collins book almost deserves the b-word: brilliant. From Free State President of the Executive Council to 1970s Taoiseach, this father and son study, (W. T and Liam) shows just how much remarkable continuity existed.The development of Cumann na nGael into Fine Gael during the De Valera years forms a background to the transition of W.T.'s years of leadership to Liam's. It was fascinating to see that, for all his ostensible conservatism, Liam Cosgrave's leadership bids were seem by him as an assertion of Fine Gael's Sinn Féin tradition in the face of Miles Dillon's candidacy. (Readers familiar with conservative political careers in Latin America will be very familiar with the way quite deeply conservative figures can at times be identified with extremely radical nationalist rhetoric.) But from the standpoint of today, maybe Liam Cosgrave's 1970s premiership in some ways seems to have more in common with the era of his father's, than with today. Conservative of a sort: yes. Close to the Roman Catholic Church: yes. Contemporary: not really. This should be read as a valuable historical document. Liam Cosgrave's talent spotting of future Taoiseach John Bruton may have been one of his more lasting legacies.
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This review is from: The Cosgrave Legacy (Hardcover)
The lives of W.T. Cosgrave and his son Liam are inextricably intertwined with the history of the Irish State.W.T. Cosgrave was one of the principal architects of Irish freedom in the 1916-21 period. Following the tragic deaths of Arthur Griffiths and Michael Collins it was W.T. who led the country through the bitter Civil War and into its first ten years of freedom. He, more than any other individual, deserves credit for putting Irish democracy on a firm footing. Liam Cosgrave became Taoiseach in 1973 at another decisive point in Irish history. Like his father he faced an armed threat to the State from Republicans, and, like his father, he was unyielding in his defence of the institutions of democracy. As leader of Fine Gael, Liam also contended with a series of attempts to remove him from power. Both men played a pivotal role in shaping modern Ireland, yet their contributions have been underrated and often ignored. *The Cosgrave Legacy* addresses this oversight, examining the remarkable lives of father and son, and giving them their place in history. |
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