Catalogue description Dominions Office and successors: United Kingdom Representative to Eire, and Embassy, Republic of Ireland: Archives, Correspondence

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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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