I expected a lot of negative reactions to my critique of as… - Conor Cruise O'Brien

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I expected a lot of negative reactions to my critique of aspects of Irish nationalism, and I got a fiercely negative set of reactions of course from sympathisers with Sinn Féin and the IRA, that is to say, people who are so nationalist they were prepared to kill for nationalist objectives.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

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Donal Conor Dermod David Donat Cruise O'Brien (3 November 1917 – 18 December 2008) was an Irish writer, politician, diplomat, academic and newspaper editor.

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