Fintan O'Toole

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2. Christopher Hibbert

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3. Robert Fitzroy Foster

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4. Alan Taylor

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5. F. S. L. Lyons

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6. Jill Lepore

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7. Bernard Bailyn

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8. Stephen Brumwell

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9. Claire Tomalin

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10. Colin G. Calloway

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11. Peter Ackroyd

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12. Ronan Bennett

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13. Flann O'Brien

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14. Frank Kermode

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15. Patrick Kavanagh

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16. Charles Townshend

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17. David McWilliams

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18. Eamon Delaney

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19. Dr. Micheal O Siochru

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20. John Brewer

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