About Diarmuid Whelan
Lived 1972 – 2010 (aged 37). Diarmuid Whelan was an Irish author and historian.
Diarmuid Whelan (11 August 1971 – 1 June 2010) was an Irish academic in the history department of UCC. Born in Cork, he studied at Christian Brothers College, Cork
He wrote Conor Cruise O'Brien: The Coldest Eye, a biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien.
His research interests were in Intellectual History, Irish political history, US Foreign policy, Decolonisation, Terrorism and International relations.
Books Founded on Fear, Letterfrack, War and Exile, (Ed.), Irish Academic Press, reprinted by Transworld Gerald Goldberg: A tribute, Diarmuid Whelan (Ed.), Dermot Keogh (Ed.), June 2008, Mercier Conor Cruise O'Brien: The Coldest Eye, May 2009, Irish Academic Press
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Who was Diarmuid Whelan?
Irish historian
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Diarmuid Whelan was born on 11 August 1972.
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Diarmuid Whelan died on 31 May 2010.
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Diarmuid Whelan was an author and historian.
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Diarmuid Whelan was Irish.
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