About the Author

Raymond O'Regan was born and brought up in Belfast and is a lecturer in Irish History at Queens University. He has contributed to a variety of television and radio programmes, for both RTAe and the BBC. He has contributed to national and regional media programmes and has lectured on the 'Troubles' in America while producing four historical books with Queens University: Samuel Neilson: The Forgotten Patriot, A Celebration of the Centenary of Queens University, A Short History of Belfast from 668 to the Present day and A Selection of the Correspondence from Dr. William Drennan to his Sister Martha He also worked on two other books, Celebrated Citizens of Belfast and Enduring City: Belfast in the Twentieth Century which were published 2006.