Sir,—In his informative contribution, ‘Bulmer Hobson, “the mostdangerous man in Ireland”’ (HI 10.1, Spring 2002), Des Gunning mentionsthe peculiar fact that Hobson ‘has failed to attract the attention of aserious biographer’. So diverse was Hobson’s influence that publishedtwentieth-century Irish history is seriously undermined by thisomission. He certainly doesn’t fit into any of the stereotypes associatedwith ... Read more
