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Thread #151520   Message #3539905
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
21-Jul-13 - 02:41 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Subject: RE: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Jim, we have seen from the links provided by your supporters that the dominant view of professional historians is not one of blame.
That old discredited nationalist version was buried eighty years ago.

Your man Tim Pat Coogan is the exception that proves the rule.
Closely linked to IRA he fights for them with his books as his father fought with a gun.

He makes a lot of money from book sales, especially to Irish Americans, but no university ever has or ever would employ him.
A writer of books but not a professional historian.
Is he even qualified?
Have you ever heard of a professional historian being refused a visa by USA?