1949 Quotes

“On the eighteenth of February John A. Costello, a former attorney general in the Cosgrave administration, was named as taoiseach. To him fell the task of forming the first coalition government in the history of the state.”
― Morgan Llywelyn, 1949: A Novel of the Irish Free State

“And Constance Markievicz had counseled women, “Take up your responsibilities and be prepared to go your own way depending for safety on your own courage, your own truth and your own common sense.” Ursula”
― Morgan Llywelyn, 1949: A Novel of the Irish Free State