Liam Kennedy (historian)

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

Biography

Liam Kennedy was born in rural County Tipperary, Ireland.^[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.

External links

Personal website