Young Ireland and the Writing of History
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How the writing of Irish History led to the making of Irish History.
James Quinn from the Dictionary of Irish Biography and author of Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History, was featured in the Irish Times. He was discussing how the writing of Irish History led to the making of history.
‘WB Yeats need not have worried, argues James Quinn. He did not inspire the men of 1916. Thomas Davis, John Mitchel and AM Sullivan did.’
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