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115:. Despite Williams having been supplied with captured German documents by the British Foreign Office to boost his case and Kerney being refused the right to present Irish Ministry documents in support of his action, Kerney won the case, which was settled out of court. 95:, and following his failure to be awarded a fellowship there returned to Ireland, where he was appointed Professor of Modern History at UCD in 1949. In 1953, in a series of articles in the 335: 108: 413: 84:
and was a member of British Intelligence during the Second World War. His MA was titled "The Genesis of National Socialism" and was supervised by
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from 1938 till 1973. Although Williams published little he has had "considerable" influence on Irish historiography. He worked as a
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His parents were UCD Professor of Education W.J. Williams and Angela Williams (née Murnaghan). His maternal grandfather was
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Dermot Keogh: Ireland and Europe (1988), quoted by Manus O'Riordan in History Ireland, Vol. 15, Issue 3, March/April 2007
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Williams, T. Desmond (1956). "Negotiations Leading to the Anglo-Polish Agreement of 31 March 1939".
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Williams, T. Desmond (1956). "Adolf Hitler and the Historians".
112: 342:. Vol. 15, no. 2. March–April 2007. Archived from 336:"Leopold H. Kerney, Irish Minister to Spain 1935-1946" 293:, Irish Historical Studies, xxvi, no 101, (May 1988) 103:, he accused the war-time Irish Minister to Spain, 375: 111:. Kerney sued him and the two publications for 37:(UCD) from 1949 to 1983 and joint editor of 262: 160: 139: 91:In 1944 he became a research student at 414:Irish expatriates in the United Kingdom 244: 22:(26 May 1921 – 18 January 1987) was an 399:Academics of University College Dublin 376: 301: 299: 61:. He attended a primary school run by 286: 284: 282: 65:and was taught by his father for his 404:Alumni of University College Dublin 318:"The Genesis of National Socialism" 296: 13: 279: 198: 129:Secret Societies in Ireland (1973) 14: 435: 362: 324:. Vol. 23. 3 September 2015. 419:British intelligence operatives 409:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge 291:T. Desmond Williams (1921-1987) 247:"T. Desmond Williams (1921-87)" 328: 310: 238: 1: 394:20th-century Irish historians 231: 52: 7: 219: 133: 10: 440: 369:Leopold H. Kerney Website 264:10.1017/S002112140000941X 175:10.1017/S0021121400016151 35:University College Dublin 251:Irish Historical Studies 163:Irish Historical Studies 123: 118: 39:Irish Historical Studies 245:McGuire, James (1988). 20:Thomas Desmond Williams 82:British Foreign Office 424:Revisionism (Ireland) 93:Peterhouse, Cambridge 45:operative during the 346:on 27 September 2011 207:, Enno Stephan 1963 80:. He worked for the 43:British intelligence 107:, of having been a 67:secondary education 86:John M. O'Sullivan 142:University Review 109:Nazi collaborator 29:and Professor of 431: 356: 355: 353: 351: 332: 326: 325: 314: 308: 303: 294: 288: 277: 276: 266: 242: 205:Spies in Ireland 194: 157: 78:legal profession 59:George Murnaghan 47:Second World War 439: 438: 434: 433: 432: 430: 429: 428: 374: 373: 365: 360: 359: 349: 347: 340:History Ireland 334: 333: 329: 322:History Ireland 316: 315: 311: 304: 297: 289: 280: 243: 239: 234: 222: 201: 199:Further reading 136: 126: 121: 55: 17: 16:Irish historian 12: 11: 5: 437: 427: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 401: 396: 391: 386: 372: 371: 364: 363:External links 361: 358: 357: 327: 309: 295: 278: 236: 235: 233: 230: 229: 228: 221: 218: 217: 216: 200: 197: 196: 195: 158: 135: 132: 131: 130: 125: 122: 120: 117: 105:Leopold Kerney 72:At UCD he won 63:Dominican nuns 54: 51: 31:Modern History 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 436: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 400: 397: 395: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 381: 379: 370: 367: 366: 345: 341: 337: 331: 323: 319: 313: 307: 302: 300: 292: 287: 285: 283: 274: 270: 265: 260: 256: 252: 248: 241: 237: 227: 224: 223: 214: 213:1-131-82692-2 210: 206: 203: 202: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 169:(37): 59–93. 168: 164: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 138: 137: 128: 127: 116: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 89: 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 68: 64: 60: 50: 48: 44: 40: 36: 32: 28: 25: 21: 348:. Retrieved 344:the original 339: 330: 321: 312: 257:(101): 3–7. 254: 250: 240: 204: 166: 162: 148:(9): 37–51. 145: 141: 100: 96: 90: 74:scholarships 71: 56: 38: 19: 18: 389:1987 deaths 384:1921 births 226:Kevin Myers 101:Irish Press 378:Categories 232:References 215:(reprint) 191:222505506 53:Biography 273:30008501 220:See also 183:30004759 154:25504397 134:Articles 27:academic 350:24 June 271:  211:  189:  181:  152:  97:Leader 269:JSTOR 187:S2CID 179:JSTOR 150:JSTOR 124:Books 119:Works 113:libel 24:Irish 352:2011 209:ISBN 99:and 259:doi 171:doi 33:at 380:: 338:. 320:. 298:^ 281:^ 267:. 255:26 253:. 249:. 185:. 177:. 167:10 165:. 144:. 88:. 69:. 49:. 354:. 275:. 261:: 193:. 173:: 156:. 146:1

Index

Irish
academic
Modern History
University College Dublin
British intelligence
Second World War
George Murnaghan
Dominican nuns
secondary education
scholarships
legal profession
British Foreign Office
John M. O'Sullivan
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Leopold Kerney
Nazi collaborator
libel
JSTOR
25504397
doi
10.1017/S0021121400016151
JSTOR
30004759
S2CID
222505506
ISBN
1-131-82692-2
Kevin Myers
"T. Desmond Williams (1921-87)"
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