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Dominions Office and successors: United Kingdom Representative to Eire, and Embassy,...
Catalogue reference: DO 130
What's it about?
DO 130
This series contains correspondence of the United Kingdom Representative to Eire, primarily with the Dominions Office and the Irish Department of External Affairs.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DO 130
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Title (The name of the record)
- Dominions Office and successors: United Kingdom Representative to Eire, and Embassy, Republic of Ireland: Archives, Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence of the United Kingdom Representative to Eire, primarily with the Dominions Office and the Irish Department of External Affairs.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- 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, 1968-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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134 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Ireland
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6139/
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