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Interview with Dr. Micheal O'Siochru about the 1641 Rebellion

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    MarchDub
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    brennan1979 wrote: »
    Interview with Dr. Micheal O'Siochru of Trinity College Dublin. Dr. O'Siochru is a lecturer in Early Modern Irish history.In the interview, Dr. O'Siochru talks about the causes of the 1641 rebellion in Ireland.

    Thanks for this great interview - interesting to hear how O'Siochru steps back from the recent [1980s on] revisionist take on 1641 that it had little or nothing to do with the Plantation.


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    Pride Fighter
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    One of the best early modernists there is. Trinity and UCD have a plethora of brilliant early-modern scholars such as Jane Ohlmeyer and Tadgh O Hanrachain (sic). I went to a lecture in UCD by some weirdo from Drogheda who wrote a book called Cromwell, an honourable enemy. Was not a great one tbh.


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    MarchDub
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    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    I went to a lecture in UCD by some weirdo from Drogheda who wrote a book called Cromwell, an honourable enemy. Was not a great one tbh.

    I know the one you mean - Tom Reilly is the guy from Drogheda and his work has been widely discredited - I have read his book. I did some primary research on Cromwell some years ago and Reilly's work does not stand up to scrutiny. Unfortunately rubbish like that takes on a life of its own.


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    Pride Fighter
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    MarchDub wrote: »
    I know the one you mean - Tom Reilly is the guy from Drogheda and his work has been widely discredited - I have read his book. I did some primary research on Cromwell some years ago and Reilly's work does not stand up to scrutiny. Unfortunately rubbish like that takes on a life of its own.

    I am not even an expert on the subject and I could see it was rubbish. He is a nice guy though, not a great book though.


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    brennan1979
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    http://dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-rte-tts-thetubridyshow-2008-09-03.smil

    That's the link to a debate between Ciaran Brady and Reilly about Oliver Cromwell from the Tubridy show.


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    brennan1979
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    http://www.tcd.ie/history/1641/


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