| 单词 | irish office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish Office Irish Office n. now historical a department of the British Government concerned with Irish affairs; the building in London (later also in Dublin) housing this; the civil servants working in this department, considered collectively. ΚΠ 1801 Let. 4 Sept. in Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 792/2 He..is now under-secretary at the Irish office, London. 1812 Let. 4 Sept. in C. C. F. Greville Mem. Court of Eng. 1811–20 (1856) I. 403 [Sir Robert] Peel..announced his succession to the Secretaryship, by going down to the Irish Office, with his clerks, and taking possession of it. 1897 Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 508 The responsibility of the Home Secretary for the peace of the realm in general would not at present be deemed to warrant his over-ruling any decision of the Irish Office with respect to administrative policy in Ireland. 1917 Times 17 May 8/7 I communicated at once with the Irish Office, and they have been in telephonic communication with him. 2009 F. Campbell Irish Establishment 1879–1914 ii. 60 Given that the majority of the population of Ireland was Catholic, it is clear that the Irish office, which was governed by British and Irish Protestants, was not representative of the population over which it ruled. < as lemmas |
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