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==Academic career==
==Academic career==
Sweetman has lived in [[Dunedin]] since 1997. He spent six years teaching modern Irish history at the University of Otago. He has written extensively on the historical links between Ireland and New Zealand, on sectarianism, politics and religion in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is presently working on biographical studies of [[Patrick Moran (bishop)|Patrick Moran]], first Catholic bishop of Dunedin 1869-95, and [[Henry Cleary|Henry William Cleary]], editor of [[New Zealand Tablet]] 1898-1910 and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland|6th Catholic bishop of Auckland]] 1910-29.<ref>[http://www.otago.ac.nz/irish_studies/associates.html#rorysweetman Rory Sweetman, Associates of Irish Studies, University of Otago] (Retrieved 17 February 2015)</ref>
Sweetman has lived in [[Dunedin]] since 1997. He has spent the last six years teaching Irish history at the University of Otago.<ref name="OBHS"/>


==Publications==
==Publications==

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Rory Sweetman (born 1956) is a professional New Zealand historian. He teaches at the University of Otago in modern Irish history and has published widely on New Zealand’s ethnic and religious past.[1]

Early life

Sweetman was born in Ireland and spent his childhood there and in New Zealand. He received his secondary education at St Peter's College, Auckland, New Zealand. He commenced his tertiary studies at the University of Auckland.[2] He has history degrees from the Universities of Dublin (Trinity College) (BA (Hons) 1981) and Cambridge (Peterhouse) (Ph.D, 1991).[3] Sweetman's doctorate from Cambridge University was on the subject, New Zealand Catholicism, War, Politics and the Irish Issue 1912-22.[2]

Academic career

Sweetman has lived in Dunedin since 1997. He spent six years teaching modern Irish history at the University of Otago. He has written extensively on the historical links between Ireland and New Zealand, on sectarianism, politics and religion in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is presently working on biographical studies of Patrick Moran, first Catholic bishop of Dunedin 1869-95, and Henry William Cleary, editor of New Zealand Tablet 1898-1910 and 6th Catholic bishop of Auckland 1910-29.[4]

Publications

Amongst Sweetman's published works are:

  • Bishop in the dock : the sedition trial of James Liston, Auckland University Press, 1997.
  • A fair and just solution? : a history of the integration of private schools in New Zealand, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 2002.
  • Faith and fraternalism : a history of the Hibernian Society in New Zealand, 1869-2000, Hibernian Society, Wellington, 2002.
  • Above the City: A History of Otago Boys' High School 1863-2013, Otago Boys' High School Foundation, Dunedin, 2013,

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