Myth and the Irish State : historical problems and other essays
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Sallins, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2013.
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9780716532248, 0716532247
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Published
Sallins, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2013.
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ONLINE
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English
ISBN
9780716532248, 0716532247

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When we read a history we believe ourselves to be reading cold, hard, facts of the events that took place and how they occurred. But there is no real, truthful way to know the approach our historian has taken with the historical sources. This book deals with the uncertainty in writing history in the context of Irish history in particular. Regan argues in this book that the notion of elision, simply ignoring unhelpful evidence, threatens Irish history today. Regan believes that some historians have ignored unhelpful facts that perhaps do not further their point or perhaps contradict th.
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