Forgotten Patriot - Murphy, Brian
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Shows the considerable impact on the development and perception of the office of President of Ireland by its first holder, Douglas Hyde. With his non-partisan background as a Protestant nationalist and a leading figure in the language revival, he was an inspired choice for the office. He made the office an inclusive one and determined to be a president for all the people of Ireland. He was at the forefront in providing leadership on key political issues of his time, and also played a highly significant, but previously unheralded, role in the state's policy of neutrality during the Second World War.…mehr

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Shows the considerable impact on the development and perception of the office of President of Ireland by its first holder, Douglas Hyde. With his non-partisan background as a Protestant nationalist and a leading figure in the language revival, he was an inspired choice for the office. He made the office an inclusive one and determined to be a president for all the people of Ireland. He was at the forefront in providing leadership on key political issues of his time, and also played a highly significant, but previously unheralded, role in the state's policy of neutrality during the Second World War.
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BRIAN MURPHY lectures in Communications at the Dublin Institute of Technology. A graduate of University College Dublin, he completed a PhD in Modern Irish History on the Irish Presidency. He has worked as a parliamentary researcher in Dail Eireann and at the Department of the Taoiseach, as a speechwriter to two Taoisigh. A regular contributor to Irish media, he co-edited the bestselling book Brian Lenihan: In Calm and Crisis (2014).