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".
Diarmaid Diarmaid (] ) is a masculine given name in the Irish language. Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the name include Diarmait and Diarmuid. Anglicised forms of the name include Dermody, Dermot ( , or Hiberno-English ) and Dermod. Mac Diarmata, anglicised "McDermot" and similar, is the patronymic and surname derived from the personal name. The etymology of the name is uncertain. There is a possibility that the name is derived in part from "dí", which means "without"; and either from "airmit", which means "injunction", or "airmait", which means "envy". The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is "Diarmad"; Anglicised forms of this name include "Diarmid" and "Dermid". Another Anglicised form of "Diarmaid" is "Jeremiah".