Liam Kennedy (historian)

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Liam Kennedy is an Irish historian, emeritus professor of history at Queen's University Belfast. [1]

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Biography

Liam Kennedy was born in rural County Tipperary. [2]

In 2005, Kennedy stood against Gerry Adams as an independent candidate for Belfast West, to protest against IRA violence, especially paramilitary punishment attacks. [3] He finished last, with 147 votes. [4] 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. [5] [6]

Kennedy's look at Irish history, Unhappy the Land: The Most Oppressed People Ever, the Irish? , was published in 2016. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "1916 Rising is something to be angry about, not celebrated". The Irish News . 14 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Professor. Liam Kennedy - Queen's University Belfast Research Portal - Research Directory & Institutional Repository for QUB". Pure.qub.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  3. ↑ McCartney, Jenny (1 May 2005). "I am baffled: how can Sinn Fein get so much support?". Telegraph. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Westminster General Election (NI) Thursday 5 May 2005". Conflict Archive on the Internet . Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Kilpatrick, Chris (11 November 2014). "A catalogue of brutality... by the thugs who shoot and beat children and then try to call it justice". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Liam (25 September 2018). "Legacy Scandal: 'There is an urgent need for an inquiry into paramilitary beatings of children,' says Liam Kennedy". The News Letter . Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Murphy, Peter (20 February 2016). "Unhappy the Land by Liam Kennedy review: sceptic debunks Irish history as hysteria". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

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