Ireland and the End of the British Empire

Helen O'Shea is Tutor in British social and political history at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh. She completed her PhD in Modern History at the University of Edinburgh in 2009.

• Long Shadows1. The Evolution of Enosis and the Irish Interaction with British Cyprus, 1878-1954i. 'Accidental' Irishmen or Erin's 'Gallant Sons'? The Early Years of 'British' Cyprusii. Growing Analogies: T.P. O'Connor, Michael Collins and 'British Fairplay' in Cyprusiii. 'Enosis and Only Enosis': The 1931 Riots, World War II and the Greek Civil WarUnlearned Lessons2. The Irish Press Response to the Cyprus Emergency: A Comparative Analysisi. Hesitant Beginnings: Irish Anti-communism and the Cyprus Questionii. Civil War Ghosts: Historical Constraints on Irish Press Opinioniii. Reflecting the National Synthesis? The Irish Times and the Cyprus Question3. Insurgent Compatriots: Irish Republicanism and the EOKA Campaign i. A Marriage of Motives: Greek-Cypriot Nationalism and the National Student Councilii. The NSC and International Student Anti-colonialism in Dubliniii. 'The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend': The IRA-EOKA Joint Prison Escape Effort iv. The United Irishman Debate: Northern Ireland, Cyprus and the British Armed Forces Walking the Tightrope4. The Irish Religious Response to Cypriot Self-Determination i. The Irish Catholic, the Standard, Irish Partition and the Cyprus Question ii. Cyprus, Communism and Irish Catholicism iii. Catholic-Greek Orthodox Tensions and the Cyprus Question iv. The Church of Ireland's Relationship with the Greek Orthodox Church v. The Irish Churches' Response to the Anti-Greek Pogroms and the Deportation of Archbishop Makarios 5. Irish UN Foreign Policy and the Cyprus Question i. The Second Inter-Party Government, UN Membership and the Cyprus Question ii. The Formation and Execution of Liam Cosgrave's Irish UN Policy iii. 'Bloody Mavericks?' The Return of Fianna Fáil iv. Irish Partition, the Cyprus Question and the Thirteenth UN Session 6. Ireland, Cyprus and the Council of Europe i. James Crosbie, Seán MacBride and the Consultative Assembly ii. Crosbie, the European Court of Human Rights and the Greek Application 176/56 iii. MacBride, Makarios and Misconceptions iv. Friend or Foe? Britain, Ireland and the Greek Application 176/56 Hidden Histories7. Ireland, the Colonial Legal Service and Emergency Legislation i. Chief Justice Sir Eric Hallinan ii. Nicosia Special Court: Charles Vesey Boyle and James Trainor iii. Chief Justice Sir Paget John Bourke iv. Attorney-General James Holmes Henry 8. The Irish Involvement in British Counter-Insurgency in Cyprus i. 'Taking the Shilling': Irish Recruitment to the British Army and Service in Cyprus ii. The Cyprus Emergency and the Anglo-Irish Military Tradition iii. The Irish Involvement in the Deportation of Archbishop Makarios iv. Ireland, Cyprus and the Suez Crisis v. Coercion and Conciliation in Cyprus: The Case of Michael Boyd Conclusion