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Taxation, Politics, and Protest in Ireland, 1662–2016Finance and Politics in Ireland, 1801–17

Taxation, Politics, and Protest in Ireland, 1662–2016: Finance and Politics in Ireland, 1801–17 [This chapter explains how financial relations between Britain and Ireland were arranged by the Act of Union (1800) and presents some of the consequent financial and political difficulties. The arrangements were intended to be generous to Ireland. Nevertheless, Ireland struggled to meet its financial obligations. As Irish debt increased and options for raising income from taxation shrank, it became important to minimise collection costs. But this meant addressing the issue of patronage and challenging the existing culture of political management in Ireland and even the viceregal system of government of the Lord Lieutenant and his Chief Secretary. The Chancellors of the Irish Exchequer were frustrated in their attempts to manage Irish public finance.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Taxation, Politics, and Protest in Ireland, 1662–2016Finance and Politics in Ireland, 1801–17

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Book Series
Editors: Kanter, Douglas; Walsh, Patrick
McCavery, Trevor
Taxation, Politics, and Protest in Ireland, 1662–2016 — Jan 11, 2019
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-04308-7
Pages
121 –150
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-04309-4_5
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[This chapter explains how financial relations between Britain and Ireland were arranged by the Act of Union (1800) and presents some of the consequent financial and political difficulties. The arrangements were intended to be generous to Ireland. Nevertheless, Ireland struggled to meet its financial obligations. As Irish debt increased and options for raising income from taxation shrank, it became important to minimise collection costs. But this meant addressing the issue of patronage and challenging the existing culture of political management in Ireland and even the viceregal system of government of the Lord Lieutenant and his Chief Secretary. The Chancellors of the Irish Exchequer were frustrated in their attempts to manage Irish public finance.]

Published: Jan 11, 2019

Keywords: Act of Union; William Pitt; Viceregal system; Irish exchequer; Financial amalgamation (1817)

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