Abbreviations
AG – Attorney General
CAB – Cabinet
DCU – Dublin City University
DO – Dominions Office
DT – Department of the Taoiseach
EC – European Community
EFTA – European Free Trade Area
GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
ICTU – Irish Congress of Trade Unions
ILSHA – Irish Labour History Society Archive
ITUC – Irish Trade Union Congress
NAI – National Archives of Ireland
NAI DFA – National Archives of Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs
NAI DT – National Archives of Ireland Department of the Taoiseach
NARA RG – National Archives and Records Administration Record Group
NLI – National Library of Ireland
PUTUO – Provisional United Trade Union Organisation
TID – Trade and Industry Division
UCDA – University College Dublin Archives
Primary Sources
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Department of the Taoiseach, S Files
Department of Finance, F Files
Department of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade Files
Department of Industry and Commerce, TID Files
Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Congress Archives
Department of Finance, Dublin, D Files, F Files
National Archives, London
Dominions Office
National Archives and Records Administration of the United States, Washington, DC
State Department (RG59)
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Frederick H. Boland manuscript, copy in possession of the author
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John A. Costello papers, UCDA
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Fine Gael party papers, UCDA
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Economist
Evening Herald
Hibernia
Industrial Review
Irish Council of the European Movement Newsletter
Irish Independent
Irish Industry
Irish Monthly
Irish Press
Irish Times, The
Irish Times Review and Annual, The
Leader, The
Round Table
Standard, The
Statist, The
Studies
Sunday Independent
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Sir Christopher Audland
Colm Barnes
Tom Barrington
John Carroll
Seán Cromien
Patrick Lynch
John F. McCarthy interview with Seán Lemass
Domhnall McCullough
Joseph McCullough
Charles Murray
Donal Nevin
J.C. Nagle
Tadhg Ó Cearbhaill
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Louis Smith
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