Eunan O'Halpin

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Eunan O'Halpin (/ˈjuːnən/ YOO-nən) is Bank of Ireland Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin. He was educated at Gonzaga College, Dublin, received his BA and MA from University College Dublin and received a PhD from the University of Cambridge.[1][2]

O'Halpin specialises in 20th century Irish and British history and politics. Since 2002 he has been a member of the National Archives Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Royal Irish Academy National Committee for History, the Royal Irish Academy National Committee for the Study of International Relations and of the Katherine Kavanagh Trust. He is a grandnephew of Kevin Barry, grandson of Kathleen Barry Moloney and great-grandson of Anti-Treaty Sinn Fein TD for Tipperary South, P. J. Moloney.[3]

In 2013, O'Halpin presented In the Name of the Republic, which was shown on TV3.[4]

Published works[]

  • The Decline of the Union: British government in Ireland 1892-1920, Gill and Macmillan, 1987.
  • Head of the Civil Service: A study of Sir Warren Fisher, Routledge, 1989.
  • Defending Ireland: The Irish state and its enemies since 1922, Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • Spying on Ireland: British intelligence and Irish neutrality, Oxford University Press, 2008.

References[]

  1. ^ "Professor Eunan O'Halpin". www.tcd..ie. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Links to the Rising". gonzaga-college. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ "My middle-aged, middle-class, revolutionary great-grandfather, by Eunan O'Halpin". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. ^ "In The Name of the Republic". www.entertainment.ie. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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