Fergal Tobin is a freelance writer and historian. Now retired, his career was in publishing, and he was president of the Federation of European Publishers in Brussels from 2010 to 2012. Under the pen name Richard Killeen, he is the author of several acclaimed works of Irish history, including Ireland in Brick and Stone: The Island’s History and Its Buildings, The Historic Atlas of Dublin, and The Concise History of Modern Ireland.
Books in order of publication:
The Best of Decades: Ireland in the Nineteen Sixties – 1984
The Concise History of Modern Ireland – 2006
Historical Atlas of Dublin – 2011
Ireland in Brick and Stone: The Island’s History in Its Buildings – 2012
The Irish Revolution 1912-25: An Illustrated History – 2013
The Irish Difference: A Tumultuous History of Ireland’s Breakup with Britain – 2022
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