O'Dubhlaing, Sean
(1997)
Donogh O’Malley
And
The FreePost Primary Education Scheme.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
Ireland, from the late 50's experienced a new era of economic expansion and this
coincided with changing societal norms and expectations. Concurrently, An
Taoiseach Lemass appointed Donogh O’Malley and others as Ministers for Education
and these individuals transformed the Ministry o f Education from its previously laissezfaire
function to a new role of assertive leadership/initiator of change.
Donogh O’Malley served as Minister for Education for twenty months until his
untimely death on 10 March, 1968. During this short period, he abolished the Primary
Certificate examination, considered reports on Regional Technical Colleges and the
Commission on Higher Education, established the Ryan Tribunal on Teacher Salaries
and controversially proposed a merger between University College, Dublin and Trinity
College, Dublin.
He is best known as the Minister for Education who proposed a scheme of free second
level education. The puipose o f this dissertation is to analyse previously available
public comments and the recently available private cabinet/ministerial and secondary
school managerial papers regarding Minister O’Malley’s free education scheme. This
is supplemented by letters, interviews and recollections of persons familiar with the
circumstances of this scheme.
The manner of the announcement of the free post-primary scheme was sudden and
surprising and involved An Taoiseach Lemass in vetting the announcement speech.
| Item Type: |
Thesis
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| Keywords: |
Donogh O’Malley;
FreePost Primary Education Scheme; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
5169 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
11 Jul 2014 14:56 |
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