The Irish Labour Party, 1922-73

"The Irish Labour Party, 1922-1973 is an outstanding contribution to the political history of twentieth-century Ireland. Over the course of the book, Puirseil charts the fortunes of the Labour Party, providing a penetrating analysis of the myriad personalities and structures, and showing a new picture of a party that seemed throughout the period to be hell bent on pressing the self-destruct button. This book offers a fresh and insightful look at a party riven by factions throughout its existence, and one that never reached its potential for a variety of reasons all outlined here. This book marks a major contribution to our understanding, not simply of the Labour Party, but of twentieth-century Ireland itself."--BOOK JACKET.