What was the man whom Dr. Diarmuid Whelan wrote his doctoral thesis on?
Conor Cruise O'Brien Conor Cruise O'Brien (3 November 1917 – 18 December 2008) often nicknamed "The Cruiser", was an Irish politician, writer, historian and academic. His opinion on the role of Britain in Ireland and in Northern Ireland changed during the 1970s, in response to the outbreak of The Troubles. He saw opposing nationalist and unionist traditions as irreconcilable and switched from a nationalist to a unionist view of Irish politics and history. O'Brien's outlook was always radical and the positions he took were seldom orthodox. He summarised his position as intending "to administer an electric shock to the Irish psyche".
P. M. C. Kermode Philip Moore Callow Kermode (21 March 1855 in Ramsey, Isle of Man – 1932), was a Manx antiquarian and historian. In 1922 he became the first director of the newly established Manx Museum. He was the son of Rev. William Kermode (1815–1890) and his second wife Jane née Bishop (1818–1858) and brother of Josephine Kermode, a Manx poet who wrote under the "nom de plume" "Cushag". He was noted for his seriousness and work on inscriptions on Manx crosses. He wrote several books on Manx history and issues.