About the Author

Dr Patrick M. Geoghegan is Associate Dean of Research at Trinity College Dublin. He teaches in the School of Histories and Humanities and is the presenter of the award-winning Talking History on Newstalk. His previous books include King Dan: The Rise of Daniel O'Connell, 1775 - 1829 (2008), biographies of Robert Emmet (2002), and Lord Castlereagh (2002), and The Irish Act of Union (1999).