Tim Pat Coogan

Timothy Patrick Coogan is an Irish historian, broadcaster, newspaper columnist and former editor of the Irish Press newspaper.

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Irish - Historian - Irish Press

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Coogan, son of a Volunteer of the "Old" IRA (1919-1923), 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.

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Blackrock College - Dublin - The IRA - Rising - On the Blanket - Michael Collins - Eamon de Valera

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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, unlike Collins' adversaries such as De Valera, Harry Boland, and Collins' most fervent nemesis, Cathal Brugha.

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Eamon de Valera - Irish president - Harry Boland - Cathal Brugha

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His books are written from a nationalist perspective. Coogan blames the Troubles in Northern Ireland on Paisleyism.

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Nationalist - Troubles - Northern Ireland - Paisleyism

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