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Blazing Tar barrels and standing orders: North Tipperary's first county and district councils 1899-1902
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The early chapters proceed from the English and Ulster Unionist genesis of local government reform through the passage of the new constitution of 1898, to the nuanced political manoeuvres (including what the author calls 'presbytery power')in nomination and election battles by the grandsons of the semi-democratic power-brokers of the 1830s, the labour fringe in the five rural districts-cum poor law unions, and the cross-community Trade and Labour Association in Nenagh, Thurles and Templemore towns. Who were chosen to represent the newly-enfranchised? What did they achieve? A move to direct labour for road works rather than using contractors as in grand jury days increased local employment. Their adoption of the Agricultural and Technical Instruction Act, 1899, gave rise to focused education for both labourers' and farmers' children. This first in-depth account of the working of a county's local authorities in their formative period provides significant social history with nuggets of human interest. Did the 1899 county and rural district councils provide a revolution, as has been claimed? The author provides a wealth of instances and assessment.
