Eunan O'Halpin

Eunan O'Halpin (/ˈjuːnən/ YOO-nən) is Bank of Ireland Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin. He was educated at Gonzaga College, Dublin, received his BA and MA from University College Dublin and received a PhD from the University of Cambridge.[1][2]

O'Halpin specialises in 20th century Irish and British history and politics. Since 2002, he has been a member of the National Archives Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Royal Irish Academy National Committee for History, the Royal Irish Academy National Committee for the Study of International Relations and of the Katherine Kavanagh Trust. He is a grandnephew of Kevin Barry, grandson of Kathleen Barry Moloney and great-grandson of Anti-Treaty Sinn Fein TD for Tipperary South, P. J. Moloney.[3]

In 2013, O'Halpin presented In the Name of the Republic, which was shown on TV3.[4]

  1. ^ "Professor Eunan O'Halpin". www.tcd..ie. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Links to the Rising". gonzaga-college. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ O'Halpin, Eunan (21 January 2019). "Eunan O'Halpin: my middle-aged, middle-class, revolutionary great-grandfather". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. ^ "In The Name of the Republic". www.entertainment.ie. Retrieved 6 October 2020.