Table of Contents

SECTION 1: POLITICAL HISTORY

Chronology

Elections

Heads of State

The House of Lords

Local Government

Parliament and Government

Political Parties

Principal Ministers

SECTION 2: SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY

Communications

Education

Language

Law, Order and Defence

Leaders of Religious Denominations

Members of Religious Denominations

Occupations

Population and Emigration

The Irish Peerage

Trade Unions

Women

SECTION 3: ECONOMIC HISTORY

Cost of Living Index (1698–1998)

Geography and Transport

Prices and Wages

Trade and Agriculture

Property

Unemployment

SECTION 4: FOREIGN RELATIONS

Irish Overseas Missions and Embassies

Treaties, 1921–2000

SECTION 5: BIOGRAPHIES

SECTION 6: GLOSSARY

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About the Author

N. C. Fleming is a research fellow at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast. Alan O'Day is a fellow in Modern History, Greyfriars, University of Oxford and has contributed to the subject of Irish history with many books and articles.