Liam Kennedy is an Irish historian, emeritus professor of history at
Queen's University, Belfast
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Biography
Liam Kennedy was born in rural
Tipperary
Tipperary is the name of:
Places
*County Tipperary, a county in Ireland
**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
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, Ireland.
In 2005, Kennedy stood against
Gerry Adams
Gerard Adams ( ga, Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the president of Sinn Féin between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth from 2011 to 2020. ...
as an independent candidate for
Belfast West, to protest against IRA violence especially
paramilitary punishment attacks
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. He finished last, with 147 votes. He has called for a
commission of inquiry into punishment attacks, which he considers a form of
child abuse, considering that many victims are minors and some younger than 14. According to Kennedy, Sinn Féin is involved in the attacks, which the party denies.
Kennedy's look at Irish history, ''
Unhappy the Land: The Most Oppressed People Ever, the Irish?'' was published in 2016.
References
External links
Personal website
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21st-century Irish historians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from County Tipperary
Academics of Queen's University Belfast
Revisionist historians (Ireland)