2008 Press Releases
Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1938 to be discussed at UCC Conference
26.11.2008
This year (2008) sees the seventieth anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1938. On November 28th and 29th a range of experts on the political, military, constitutional, economic, and foreign policy will assess the 1938 Agreement and its legacy at a conference in UCC.
26.11.2008
This year (2008) sees the seventieth anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1938. On November 28th and 29th a range of experts on the political, military, constitutional, economic, and foreign policy will assess the 1938 Agreement and its legacy at a conference in UCC.
The 1938 Anglo-Irish Agreement ended the ‘Economic War’ and returned the ‘Treaty Ports’ to Ireland. It led to a normalisation of trade between the Irish Free State and the United Kingdom, in effect paving the way for future economic agreements. In political terms, it facilitated the pursuit of an independent foreign policy by Éamon de Valera’s government, seen particularly in the neutrality stance during the Second World War.
Hosted by UCC’s History Department, the Treaty Ports Conference includes speakers: Dr Martin Mansergh, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Dr Gerard Hogan, Barrister-at-Law, Professor Eunan O’Halpin, Trinity College Dublin, Dr Jonathan Bardon, Queen’s University, Belfast, Drs Kate O’Malley and Michael Kennedy from the Royal Irish Academy, Professor Dermot Keogh, Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil, Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll, Commandant Liam Campbell, Commandant (AR) Thomas O’Neill, Colonel Maurice Walsh.
The conference is organised by Dr Andrew McCarthy, History Department, UCC, Tel. 021 4903584, a.mccarthy@ucc.ie
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Friday 28 November - Council Room
6.15- 7.30pm – Session I- Chair Professor Dermot Keogh
6.15pm – Professor Dermot Keogh – Conference Opening
6.20pm – Dr Andrew McCarthy – Context and Setting for 1938 Agreements
6.40pm – Dr Kate O’Malley – Ireland and India: Intra-imperial backdrop to the Anglo-Irish Agreement 1938
7.30pm – Close of First Session
Saturday 29 November - Brookfield BHSC_G04
9.15am – 11-am Session II Chair Professor Eunan O’Halpin
Dr Donál Ó Drisceoil - From Dungloe to Downing Street: the politics of the land annuites
Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll – Nazi Germany and the International Factor in the Anglo-Irish Negotiations
Dr Michael Kennedy - The Treaty Ports as a geopolitical and international relations issue
11-11-30am - Break
11.30 – 12.45 - Session III Chair - Professor David Gwynn Morgan
Dr Gerard Hogan – The Anglo-Irish Agreement (1938) and the Constitution (1937)
Professor Eunan O’Halpin – Intelligence and Post-colonial Politics
12.45pm - 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 – 3.00pm – Session IV – Chair – Professor Dermot Keogh
Dr Jonathan Bardon – ‘Ulster is not for sale’: Northern Ireland and the 1938 Anglo-Irish Treaty
Dr Martin Mansergh - The 1938 Agreement in the context of Anglo-Irish Agreements
3.00pm – 3.15pm – Short Break
3.15-4.45pm Session V – Chair – Commandant Victor Laing
Commandant Liam Campbell - The military significance of the return of the Treaty Ports
Commandant (AR) Thomas O’Neill – Spike Island 1800 – 2008
Colonel Maurice Walsh – Spike Island Memoirs
4.45pm – Conference closing - Professor Dermot Keogh
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Hosted by UCC’s History Department, the Treaty Ports Conference includes speakers: Dr Martin Mansergh, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Dr Gerard Hogan, Barrister-at-Law, Professor Eunan O’Halpin, Trinity College Dublin, Dr Jonathan Bardon, Queen’s University, Belfast, Drs Kate O’Malley and Michael Kennedy from the Royal Irish Academy, Professor Dermot Keogh, Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil, Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll, Commandant Liam Campbell, Commandant (AR) Thomas O’Neill, Colonel Maurice Walsh.
The conference is organised by Dr Andrew McCarthy, History Department, UCC, Tel. 021 4903584, a.mccarthy@ucc.ie
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Friday 28 November - Council Room
6.15- 7.30pm – Session I- Chair Professor Dermot Keogh
6.15pm – Professor Dermot Keogh – Conference Opening
6.20pm – Dr Andrew McCarthy – Context and Setting for 1938 Agreements
6.40pm – Dr Kate O’Malley – Ireland and India: Intra-imperial backdrop to the Anglo-Irish Agreement 1938
7.30pm – Close of First Session
Saturday 29 November - Brookfield BHSC_G04
9.15am – 11-am Session II Chair Professor Eunan O’Halpin
Dr Donál Ó Drisceoil - From Dungloe to Downing Street: the politics of the land annuites
Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll – Nazi Germany and the International Factor in the Anglo-Irish Negotiations
Dr Michael Kennedy - The Treaty Ports as a geopolitical and international relations issue
11-11-30am - Break
11.30 – 12.45 - Session III Chair - Professor David Gwynn Morgan
Dr Gerard Hogan – The Anglo-Irish Agreement (1938) and the Constitution (1937)
Professor Eunan O’Halpin – Intelligence and Post-colonial Politics
12.45pm - 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 – 3.00pm – Session IV – Chair – Professor Dermot Keogh
Dr Jonathan Bardon – ‘Ulster is not for sale’: Northern Ireland and the 1938 Anglo-Irish Treaty
Dr Martin Mansergh - The 1938 Agreement in the context of Anglo-Irish Agreements
3.00pm – 3.15pm – Short Break
3.15-4.45pm Session V – Chair – Commandant Victor Laing
Commandant Liam Campbell - The military significance of the return of the Treaty Ports
Commandant (AR) Thomas O’Neill – Spike Island 1800 – 2008
Colonel Maurice Walsh – Spike Island Memoirs
4.45pm – Conference closing - Professor Dermot Keogh
919MMcS