A case of mistaken identity: The irish in postwar Britain

International Labor and Working-Class History

Volumn , Issue 49, 1996, Pages 116-142

  Paul, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0030544333     PISSN: 01475479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0147547900001733     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. John Megaw, "British Subjects and Eire Citizens," Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 3 (November 1949): 139. The unique nature of the provisions lay more in their content than in their application to Ireland. Citizenship had been an ambiguous area of Anglo-Irish relations ever since the birth of the Irish Free State. For an analysis of the early years, see Joseph P. O'Grady, "The Irish Free State Passport and the Question of Citizenship, 1921-4," Irish Historical Studies 26, 104; see also Gretchen Macmillan, "British Subjects and Irish Citizens: The Passport Controversy, 1923-24," Eire-Ireland 26.
2. John Megaw, "British Subjects and Eire Citizens," Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 3 (November 1949): 139. The unique nature of the provisions lay more in their content than in their application to Ireland. Citizenship had been an ambiguous area of Anglo-Irish relations ever since the birth of the Irish Free State. For an analysis of the early years, see Joseph P. O'Grady, "The Irish Free State Passport and the Question of Citizenship, 1921-4," Irish Historical Studies 26, 104; see also Gretchen Macmillan, "British Subjects and Irish Citizens: The Passport Controversy, 1923-24," Eire-Ireland 26.
3. John Megaw, "British Subjects and Eire Citizens," Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 3 (November 1949): 139. The unique nature of the provisions lay more in their content than in their application to Ireland. Citizenship had been an ambiguous area of Anglo-Irish relations ever since the birth of the Irish Free State. For an analysis of the early years, see Joseph P. O'Grady, "The Irish Free State Passport and the Question of Citizenship, 1921-4," Irish Historical Studies 26, 104; see also Gretchen Macmillan, "British Subjects and Irish Citizens: The Passport Controversy, 1923-24," Eire-Ireland 26.
4. As of 1994, Irish citizens continue to be a favored alien group in Britain, maintaining rights of free entry, employment and the franchise.
5. Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, TUC Papers, MSS 292/107.5/1, TUC to M. Oliver, October 18, 1945. The TUC's concerns are understandable when one remembers that in July 1945 forty-two percent of the national labor was employed in the forces or directly supplying them; Economic Survey for 1947, CMD 7046, paragraph 28. For a general history of the 1945-51 Labour government see K. Morgan, Labour in Power 1945-51 (Oxford, 1984).
6. Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, TUC Papers, MSS 292/107.5/1, TUC to M. Oliver, October 18, 1945. The TUC's concerns are understandable when one remembers that in July 1945 forty-two percent of the national labor was employed in the forces or directly supplying them; Economic Survey for 1947, CMD 7046, paragraph 28. For a general history of the 1945-51 Labour government see K. Morgan, Labour in Power 1945-51 (Oxford, 1984).
7. Public Record Office, London. (Except where otherwise stated, all archival records are taken from this source.) CAB 129/6 CP(46)32, January 30, 1946; CP(46)35, February 1, 1946; CAB134/301, Foreign Labour Committee 1st Meeting, March 14, 1946.
8. Economic Survey for 1947, CMD 7046, paragraph 124. Reviewing the survey led the cabinet to conclude that "the general excess of demand over supply - or, in other words the fact that we are trying to do more than can be done with the present resources of the country - shows itself most plainly in the shortage of manpower to meet requirements." CAB129/6 CP(47)20, January 7, 1947.