ANDREWS, TODD

Reference code:

IE UCDAD P91

12 boxes

Biographical history

Born Christopher Stephen Andrews in Dublin, and educated at St Enda’s and University College Dublin, he joined the Volunteers in 1917 and fought in the War of Independence. Anti-Treaty, he was imprisoned, returned to college after his release and graduated with a degree in commerce in 1926. He began a lengthy and distinguished career as a public servant and was involved with the Irish Tourist Association, later Bord Fáilte, the Electricity Supply Board, Bord na Móna, Córas Iompair Éireann and Radio Telefís Éireann. He published two volumes of autobiography, Dublin Made Me (1979) and Man of No Property (1982).

Scope and content

Material relating mainly to researching and writing two volumes of autobiography, Dublin Made Me and Man of No Property. Includes letters from Andrews to his mother while in prison, 1921ñ4, during both the War of Independence and Civil War and some research material on the Civil War. Contemporary and later material relating to the public positions held by Andrews in the Irish Tourist Association, Electricity Supply Board, Bord na Mona, Coras Iompair Eireann and Radio Telefis Eireann. Material relating to his occasional writing (1959ñ85). Personal correspondence (1964ñ85).

Access:

Available by appointment to holders of a UCDAD reader’s ticket