Catalogue description Dominions Office and successors: United Kingdom Representative to Eire, and Embassy, Republic of Ireland: Archives, Correspondence
Reference: | DO 130 |
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Title: | Dominions Office and successors: United Kingdom Representative to Eire, and Embassy, Republic of Ireland: Archives, Correspondence |
Description: |
This series contains correspondence of the United Kingdom Representative to Eire, primarily with the Dominions Office and the Irish Department of External Affairs. |
Date: | 1939-1969 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, Embassy for the United Kingdom, Dublin, 1966-1968 Commonwealth Relations Office, Embassy for the United Kingdom, Dublin, 1950-1966 Commonwealth Relations Office, United Kingdom Representative to Eire, 1947-1950 Dominions Office, United Kingdom Representative to Eire, 1937-1947 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy for the United Kingdom, Dublin, 1968- |
Physical description: | 134 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The title UK representative to Eire was changed to ambassador in 1949, when the Republic of Ireland ceased to be part of the dominions of the Crown, and withdrew from the Commonwealth. Despite this, UK relations with Ireland continued to be handled by the Commonwealth Relations Office and its successors. |
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