Best known for his seminal series on the history of Ireland, he went into journalism after serving in the RAF during World War II.
The Annals of Ulster were written in Fermanagh and are regarded as the most important source for the early history of Ireland, covering the arrival of St Patrick in the 5th Century to 16th Century.
They were made as part of Boston College's 'Belfast Project', which was designed to be an oral history of Northern Ireland's Troubles.
The DUP's Stephen Moutray said these were among the most pivotal events in the modern history of the UK and Ireland.
This is the lesson of history -- from Northern Ireland to the Balkans, from Camp David to Aceh -- that with leaders of courage and vision, compromise is possible, and conflicts can be ended.
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Artefacts from the Wood Quay excavations are also displayed at the archaeology and history branch of the National Museum of Ireland.
But, in the special circumstances of Northern Ireland, history should also record that Mr Trimble's negotiating partners both in government and in the republican movement didn't do much to help him at critical moments.
Eamon Gilmore went so far as to suggest that the visit will put not just the history of the troubles in the past, but show Ireland was moving on from its "recent economic history" and rebuilding its reputation.
Speaking on Wednesday, he said that "the establishment of an Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies offered a unique opportunity to promote the understanding of Ulster-Scots' language, history and culture, not only within the context of Northern Ireland but beyond".
Mayo possesses the perfect mix of culture, history, food and drink, scenery and the experience of what traditional Ireland can still offer visitors.
Ireland, with a history of awkward votes on EU treaties, holds a referendum on May 31st.
Another piece of history notes that a chef in Ireland around 1940 created this drink to keep disembarking passengers at an airport warm.
Dr. Schneider says that in Ireland people with a family history of Tay-Sachs may request testing, but routine screening for the disease isn't done.
Or are we plagued forever with the social economic history of Glasgow and the West of Scotland and Ireland, of references to the establishment and men in bowler hats and claims that the outcome of the league championship is decided by a gathering of referees in a Masonic Hall in July?
The difficulties of writing this type of history are extreme when a single volume of just over 300 text pages has to cover a diverse continent from Ireland to Poland, from Bergen to Palermo, over a period when it was changing so fast.
Much surrounding history an unwinding of the British empire in places like Ireland and India is lost, but such is the telescoping necessary for the screen.
Over a decade ago, she was one of 26 former IRA members to give a series of interviews to Boston College, as part of its oral history research project into the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
The trial lasted for 72 days and saw 12 of the 13 men acquitted of all charges after one of the longest trials in Northern Ireland's legal history.
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Ireland is a first-world country, but one whose history of conflict and sectarian violence is only a few years in the past.
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England is now the enemy, Ireland the occupied country, its myths and history hanging on the breath of its poets.
First because in the 1980s, some people in Ireland became uneasy about the fact that a crude view of their national history was fuelling a conflict in the north of the island.
That discrimination and bigotry is a stain that prevents part of the Northern Ireland community relating to Harland's past and its otherwise proud history.
And in GCSE history there were opportunities to study up to the end of the last century, including topics on Ireland and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Only five of them faced the Irish last year and the fact that England have lost six of their last seven matches against Ireland is irrelevant - players don't study history, trust me.
The festival opens with Good Vibrations, the story of Terri Hooley, the music producer who discovered the Undertones and who championed the rise of punk music during a very dark and violent time in Northern Ireland's history.
Osprey Byrne, who was replaced by Ireland's Rob Kearney when the Lions trailed 19-7, has a history of ankle and foot problems.
He was able to transfer this fascination to the screen eight years later with his series, Ireland-A Television History, still seen by many critics as the definitive television history of the island.
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