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Really interesting new article on the site by @swgannon: The Green Frame of British Rule?’ – Irish in the Indian Civil Service: https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/11/27/the-green-frame-of-british-rule-irish-in-the-indian-civil-service/#.X8Dv5LxcgWs.twitter
Basically in the late 19th century, careers in the Indian Civil Service became a very attractive career path for middle class young men in Ireland, both Catholic and Protestant.
Elite schools and universities including Clongowes and TCD offered 'cramming' preparation for the competitive entrance exam. There was a certain amount of chagrin among the British ruling classes about the numbers of Irishmen being recruited ahead of 'true English gentlemen'
In India, some Irishmen, including Michael O'Dwyer, governor of Punjab were hardline advocates of coercion to suppress Indian nationalism. O'Dwyer from Tipperary defend the actions of the military at the Amritsar massacre in 1919.
