James McNeill
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James McNeill was an Irish colonial administrator, politician, and diplomat, who served as the first High Commissioner to London and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State.
Procession for James MacNeill, as new Governor General, 1 February 1928
The Constitution Committee meeting at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. James McNeill is seated fourth from the right.
Josephine McNeill (1951)
Irish Free State
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The Irish Free State, also known by its Irish name Saorstát Éireann, was the Irish state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921, initially as a Dominion. The treaty
James McNeill
…of the Provisional Government, that drafted the Constitution of the Irish Free State. He was subsequently appointed as High Commissioner from the Irish Free State to the United Kingdom. When the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State, Tim Healy, retired in December 1927, James McNeill was proposed as his…
Funeral procession of Michael Collins, Dublin, 1922
Irish Free State passport (holder's name removed)
Overprinted stamp
Poster promoting Irish Free State farm goods for breakfast to Canadians ("Irish Free State butter, eggs and bacon for our breakfasts")