Sir, - Many would argue that the efflorescence of Irish culture that has brought us such world renown in so many fields in recent years is not unrelated to the fact that, through the study of history, we are more confident than most of who we are and where we fit in in the world.
In an age of crises of identity worldwide, what we need is not less history, but an even more sophisticated view of the past. - Yours, etc.,
Department of Sociology,
University College,
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Cork.