
Ronan Fanning
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(d. 2017) Professor of Modern History (1968-2006) and Director of Archives Acquisitions, University College Dublin, and Joint Editor, Irish Historical Studies (1976-87). Author of Idependent Ireland among others.
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Ireland, country of western Europe occupying five-sixths of the westernmost major island of the British Isles. The magnificent scenery of Ireland’s Atlantic coastline faces a 2,000-mile- (3,200-km-) wide expanse of ocean, and its geographic isolation has helped it to develop a rich heritage of…
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