The first book to examine the proposition that Irish public servants in India were moved by their 'Irishness' to subvert or eccentrically implement policies of the Raj. Essential reading for those wishing to understand the three-way interaction between the Irish, the empire and the peoples of India.

Patrick O'Leary is an independent scholar.

Part I: Context
1. Introduction: The scattered Irish
2. India and Punjab in the late nineteenth century
3. The Indian Public Service
4. Who were they?
5. Straits settlements, Malaya and Ceylon
Part II: The frontier
6. Waziristan: warriors and administrators
7. Pro-consul and the Viceroy
8. Frontiersman and the diplomat
Part III: Land and infrastructure
9. Land: The Irish dimension
10. Canal colonies
11. Dane and land bills
12. Irish engineers and Punjab's infrastructure
Part IV: Politics and society
13. Lansdowne and Fitzpatrick
14. Punjab affairs are Simla affairs
15. Dane and O'Dwyer
Part V: Conclusions
16. Conclusions
Appendices
Bibliography
Index