Liam Kennedy (historian)

Liam Kennedy is an Irish historian, emeritus professor of history at Queen's University, Belfast.[1]

Liam Kennedy was born in rural Tipperary, Ireland.[2]

In 2005, Kennedy stood against Gerry Adams as an independent candidate for Belfast West, to protest against IRA violence especially punishment beatings in their own community.[3]

Kennedy's controversial look at Irish history, Unhappy the Land: The Most Oppressed People Ever, the Irish? was published in 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "1916 Rising is something to be angry about, not celebrated". The Irish News. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. ↑ "Professor. Liam Kennedy - Queen's University Belfast Research Portal - Research Directory & Institutional Repository for QUB". Pure.qub.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  3. ↑ McCartney, Jenny (2005-05-01). "I am baffled: how can Sinn Fein get so much support?". Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  4. ↑ Murphy, Peter (20 February 2016). "Unhappy the Land by Liam Kennedy review: sceptic debunks Irish history as hysteria". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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