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Mar 5, 2018

John Redmond: his contested nation and a contested legacy

As I start to write, I am on a train to Dublin for tomorrow’s events commemorating the centenary of the death of John Redmond, to the exact…

John O'Donovan

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Feb 4, 2018

A Forgotten Son of Mallow (and Ireland)? William O’Brien (1852–1928) and his world

A few weeks ago I spoke to a local history group in the town of Mallow in north County Cork in January 2018. The subject of my talk was the…

A Forgotten Son of Mallow (and Ireland)? William O’Brien (1852–1928) and his world

John O'Donovan

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Aug 1, 2017

Loyalist or Unionist?

In 1967 the Carlow-born academic Oliver MacDonagh published a groundbreaking book, Ireland: The Union and Its Aftermath. In it he espoused…

John O'Donovan

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Jan 8, 2017

#HerStory, Transnationalism and Irish history: remembering and forgetting Sophie Raffalovich…

On 27 February 1942 the Irish Legation in Vichy wrote in its annual report that it “was in continual and regular touch with the widow of Mr…

John O'Donovan

John O'Donovan

Historian, part-time employee of @UCC, volunteer leader with @Foroige, aficionado of @officialcorkgaa, @munsterrugby and @NUFC

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