Ivan Gibbons

Biographic Data

ID6313556
NAMEIvan Gibbons
GIVEN NAMESIvan
FAMILY NAMEGibbons
SIGNATUREGIBBONS I
AFFILIATIONSSt Mary's University Twickenham London
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • James Doherty Irish Liberty, British Democracy

    Ivan GibbonsARTICLEStudies An Irish Quarterly Review2020

    Reviews James Doherty, Irish Liberty, British Democracy: The Third Irish Home Rule Crisis, 1909–14 (Cork: Cork University Press, 2019), 320 pages. What a pleasure it is to read a book on the Third Home Rule Bill which places it firmly in the politics of the state – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – in which it was by far the most important political issue in the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War. This is in s…

  • A review of Christopher J.V. Loughlin’s Labour and the politics of disloyalty in Belfast, 1921–39

    Ivan GibbonsARTICLEGlobal Discourse2019

  • The British Labour Party and the Establishment of the Irish Free State, 1918–1924

    Open AccessIvan GibbonsBOOKBritish Labour Party and the…2015

    This book examines the rapidly evolving relationship between the British Labour Party and the emerging Irish nationalist forces, from which was formed the first government of the Irish Free State as b

  • Partners for stability? Irish Free State perceptions of the incoming British Labour government 1923–24

    Ivan GibbonsARTICLEIrish Studies Review2013References: 18

    This article examines the anxiety and frustration of the Irish Free State government faced with the uncertainty of which party was going to become the next British government in 1923–24. The Free State government had only recently emerged victorious in its own fratricidal civil war and its moral and political legitimacy was still challenged in Ireland itself. The most contentious issue an incoming British government had to deal with on Ireland wa…

  • Cosgrave's Concern

    Ivan GibbonsARTICLEIrish Political Studies2013References: 1

    The first ever Labour government in Britain took office in February 1924. Its prime concern during its brief 10-month period in office was to stress its legitimacy and political credibility. In the Irish Free State the fledgling Cumann na nGaedheal government of W. T. Cosgrave had emerged victorious from civil war and was likewise determined to stress its legitimacy. An inordinate amount of time and energy during 1924 was spent attempting to wres…

  • The British Parliamentary Labour Party and the Government of I reland Act 1920

    Open AccessIvan GibbonsARTICLEParliamentary History2013

    Immediately after the First World War the British Labour Party was forced to reconsider its relationship with an increasingly militant Irish nationalism. This reassessment occurred at the same time as it was becoming a major political and electoral force in post‐war Britain. The political imperative from the party's perspective was to portray itself as a responsible, moderate and patriotic alternative governing party. Thus it was fearful of the p…

  • The Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921

    Ivan GibbonsARTICLELabour History Review2011Cited by: 1References: 1

    The British Labour Party became increasingly aware after the First World War that it was potentially an alternative government in waiting. In opposition the party was generally supportive of Irish nationalism. It supported Home Rule and was adamantly opposed to the partition of Ireland contained in the 1920 Government of Ireland Bill. As the demands of Irish republicans became more radical and their tactics more extreme the Labour parliamentary l…

  • A Parliamentary Victory

    Open AccessIvan GibbonsARTICLEParliamentary History2010

    After the 1918 general election the Labour Party became the official opposition party at Westminster. In response to the growing Irish republican campaign to establish an independent Irish state the Labour Party had to re-assess its relationship with Irish nationalism. The Labour Party was now acutely conscious that it was on the verge of forming a government and was concerned to be seen by the British electorate as a responsible, moderate and pa…

  • The Irish Policy of the First Labour Government

    Ivan GibbonsARTICLELabour History Review2007Cited by: 1References: 1

    In this article, the evolving relationship is examined between the British Labour Party and the emerging Irish nationalist forces from which was formed the first government of the Irish Free State. In the period immediately after the First World War, both the British Labour Party and revolutionary Irish nationalism were in a state of transition, metamorphosing from opposition towards becoming the governments of their respective states. Both, ther…