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Areas of Research/Interest: 19th and 20th Century Irish, English, European, and Irish American history and politics; Nationalism, imperialism, and post colonialism; Irish Diaspora; Historiography

External Affiliations: Former Member of Upper House of Irish Parliament, Former Member of British-Irish Parliamentary Body, Former Chair of the Fulbright Commission for Ireland, Former President of the Irish Association for European Studies

Fellowships/Honors: James F. Donnelly, Sr., Prize for History, American Conference for Irish Studies, 1990; Aer Lingus/Irish Times Prize for Literature (non-fiction), 1991; Elected member of Royal Irish Academy, 1985.

Select Publications:
Ireland 1912-1985 Politics & Society (Cambridge, 1989)

The Modernisation of Irish Society, 1848-1928 (Dublin, 1973)

"The Shifting Balance of Power: Exploring the 20th Century," Sunday Tribune, 2000

Making the Irish American, Editor, with Marion R. Casey, New York University Press, 2006

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