
Diarmaid Ferriter
Diarmaid Ferriter is a Professor of Modern Irish History at the School of History, University College Dublin. His main research interest is the social, political and cultural history of twentieth century Ireland. His book Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera was published by the Royal Irish Academy in 2007. He also contributed a chapter, ‘‘A figurative scramble for the bones of the patriot dead’: Commemorating the Rising, 1922-65’, to the publication 1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising (2007).