The strained relationship between the Irish Free State and Dublin Corporation is central to Aodh Quinlavan’s recent absorbing study which captures the mood in the capital during a period of turmoil.

After the Civil War the Corporation continued to irritate the central Government with its activities.

In these politically sensitive years, there was a determination to divorce local government from national issues.

This talk will examine how the dissolution of Dublin Corporation came to be.

This event is presented by the Dublin Festival of History.

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