Editing Tim Pat Coogan (section)

==Criticism==
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Coogan has been criticised by the Irish historians [[Liam Kennedy (historian)|Liam Kennedy]] and [[Diarmaid Ferriter]], as well as [[Cormac Ó Gráda]],{{cn|date=April 2024}} for a supposed lack of thoroughness in his research and bias: 
* "Well, I waited in this book to hear some great revelation and it just isn’t there. It’s anticlimactic. I could not see the great plot, and indeed there is no serious historian who ... I can’t think of a single historian who has researched the Famine in depth – and Tim Pat has not researched it in depth" (''The Famine Plot'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drb.ie/blog/writers-and-artists/2013/02/25/was-the-famine-a-genocide-|title=Was the Famine a Genocide?|website=Drb.ie|access-date=15 October 2017|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015145917/http://www.drb.ie/blog/writers-and-artists/2013/02/25/was-the-famine-a-genocide-|url-status=live}}</ref>
* "Coogan is not remotely interested in looking at what others have written on 20th-century Irish history.... he does not appear interested in context and shows scant regard for evidence. He does not attempt to offer any sustained analysis in relation to the challenges of state building, the meaning of sovereignty, economic and cultural transformations, or comparative perspectives on the evolution of Irish society. There is no indication whatsoever that Coogan has engaged with the abundant archival material relating to the subject matter he pronounces on. There is no rhyme or reason when it comes to the citation of the many quotations he uses; the vast majority are not referenced. For the 300-page text, 21 endnotes are cited and six of them relate to Coogan's previous books, a reminder that much of this tome consists of recycled material.... Tim Pat Coogan... he is a decent, compassionate man who has made a significant contribution to Irish life. But he has not read up on Irish history; indeed, such is the paucity of his research efforts that this book amounts to a travesty of 20th-century Irish history" (''1916: The Mornings After'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/1916-the-mornings-after-review-tim-pat-coogan-s-arrogant-travesty-of-irish-history-1.2438119|title=1916: The Mornings After review: Tim Pat Coogan's arrogant travesty of Irish history|website=Irishtimes.com|access-date=15 October 2017|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015151900/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/1916-the-mornings-after-review-tim-pat-coogan-s-arrogant-travesty-of-irish-history-1.2438119|url-status=live}}</ref>