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'''Timothy Patrick Coogan''' is an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[historian]], broadcaster, newspaper columnist and formerly editor of the [[Irish Press]] newspaper. |
'''Timothy Patrick Coogan''' is an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[historian]], broadcaster, newspaper columnist and formerly editor of the [[Irish Press]] newspaper. |
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Coogan, son of a Volunteer of the [[Old IRA]] (1919-1922), is a former student of [[Blackrock College]] in [[Dublin]], and has written controversial but popular books such as ''[[Irish Republican Army|The IRA]]'', |
Coogan, son of a Volunteer of the [[Old IRA]] (1919-1922), is a former student of [[Blackrock College]] in [[Dublin]], and has written controversial but popular books such as ''[[Irish Republican Army|The IRA]]'', ''Ireland Since the [[Easter Rising|Rising]]'', ''[[1981 Irish Hunger Strike|On the Blanket]]'', ''[[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]'' and ''[[Eamon de Valera]]''. |
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His biography of [[Eamon de Valera]] proved the most controversial, taking issue with the former [[President of Ireland|Irish president]]'s reputation and achievements, in favor of those of Collins, whom he regards as indispensable to the creation of the new State. |
His biography of [[Eamon de Valera]] proved the most controversial, taking issue with the former [[President of Ireland|Irish president]]'s reputation and achievements, in favor of those of Collins, whom he regards as indispensable to the creation of the new State. |
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His books are written from a [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]] perspective. Coogan blames the [[Troubles]] in [[Northern Ireland]] on [[Ian Paisley|Paisleyism]]. |
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However the republican [[irredentism]] and political extremism which Coogan put on display in a piece he wrote for the New York City-based '''Irish Voice''' just before the 90th anniversary of the [[Easter Rising]] put an end to any claim of moderation which Coogan (who blames "the Troubles" in [[Northern Ireland]] on [[Unionism]], especially what he labels "Paisleyism") can henceforth make (see [[http://www.irishvoice.com]]), should he bother to do so. |
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Excerpt from the 4/12/2006-4/18/2006 Irish Voice (page 11) titled |
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"The Lessons of 1916": |
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'''Questions like [sic] should 1916 be commemorated? Should there be a military parade? These questions are in reality irritating diversionary tactics utilized by those whose real mental posture is the colonial cringe and whose political philosophy is crypto unionism.''' |
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'''The basic importance of 1916 is that it formed a substantive, motivating role in the securing of independence, one of the three great turning points of Ireland in the 20th century...[w]ithout the foregoing the Republic today would be on the same handout level as the six counties, and to a lesser degree Scotland and Wales.''' |
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Coogan is a gifted writer and a dogged researcher, but he is not, has never been and will never be an objective historian of the Irish Troubles, unlike such writers as Peter Taylor and the late J. Bowyer Bell. |
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Revision as of 00:40, 24 April 2006
Timothy Patrick Coogan is an Irish historian, broadcaster, newspaper columnist and formerly editor of the Irish Press newspaper.
Coogan, son of a Volunteer of the Old IRA (1919-1922), is a former student of Blackrock College in Dublin, and has written controversial but popular books such as The IRA, Ireland Since the Rising, On the Blanket, Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera.
His biography of Eamon de Valera proved the most controversial, taking issue with the former Irish president's reputation and achievements, in favor of those of Collins, whom he regards as indispensable to the creation of the new State.
His books are written from a nationalist perspective. Coogan blames the Troubles in Northern Ireland on Paisleyism.
External link
- THE GREEN BOOK — chapter from The IRA, Coogan's book on the Irish Republican Army
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