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Acknowledgements

I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following institutions and individuals: The Liverpool Hope University Research Funding Committee, in particular the Reverend Kenneth Newport, for funding the research stages of this project, the book’s images and indexing expenses.

I wish to thank the various archival institutions in Britain and Ireland; I am particularly grateful to the staff of the National Archives of the United Kingdom; the National Archives of Ireland; the Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge University; and the University College Dublin Archives.

I must also extend my appreciation to the numerous individuals who freely gave their time to discuss their own personal recollections of events central to my research; they include, Lord Robert Armstrong, the late Harry Boland, Mary Colley, Prof. Richard Conway, Seán Donlon, the late Pádraig Faulkner, the late Dr Garret FitzGerald, Dr Martin Mansergh, Micheál Martin, Dermot Nally and David Neligan.

I am also indebted to the following individuals: my close friend and colleague Dr Bryce Evans, Dr Michael Kennedy, Karen Quinn, Prof. Nick Rees, Derek Watson, Prof. Christopher Williams and my colleagues and friends within the Department of History and Politics, Liverpool Hope University. A big thanks also to the staff of Merrion Press, particularly Conor Graham and Fiona Dunne, Fionbar Lyons for his indexing skills and Eamonn Farrell of www.rollingnews.ie for permitting me access to his extraordinary collection of Haughey related photographs. I am likewise extremely grateful to Vincent Browne for writing a Foreword for this book.

To my family my warmest thanks are offered. My mother and father, Áine and Gerry and my younger brother Conor, are an inspiration. Finally, I wish to pay a special tribute to my fiancée Jenny Campbell. Not only has Jenny acted as my personal proof-reader throughout the production of this book, but more importantly she has continually encouraged and supported my academic career. Jenny I dedicate this book to you.