Prof Dermot Keogh at the launch of his book Ireland and Argentina in the twentieth century in 2022. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times The death has been announced of leading historian and prolific author Prof Dermot Keogh who died at his home in Cork city on Wednesday at the age of 78. Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork, Prof Keogh, the author of over a dozen books, was the first person to receive a doctorate in History and Civilisation from European University Institute, Florence. A former journalist, he was a keen and energetic researcher with a...