Histoire de l'Irlande et des Irlandais : Dr. Pierre Joannon

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The Franco-Irish Literary Festival April 2007
Pierre Joannon, The President of The Ireland Fund of France, served on a panel of writers at The Franco-Irish Literary Festival in April. The event, organized by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy and Alliance Française was held at Dublin Castle. As one of the premiere French specialists on Ireland Pierre has published ten historical and political works including the recent Histoire de L’Irlande et des Irlandais.

Pierre Joannon, Chairman of the Ireland Fund of France, is a highly regarded historian who, having published a dozen books on the history of Ireland, North and South, has also edited for three decades the most respected scholarly journal of Irish studies in France.

Histoire de l'Irlande et des Irlandais
He recently published a seven hundred page Histoire de l'Irlande et des Irlandais which has been acclaimed as the most authoritative source of reference on the subject published in France. The work covers the history of Ireland from the Celtic dawn to the final dismantling of the IRA weaponry in July 2005.

The influential national daily paper "le Figaro" has written that "apart from it's remarkable literary style, the strength of this book resides in the fact that it avoids the pitfalls of nationalist mythologization and British complacency". As such, it aims at promoting the necessary reconciliation between the various traditions who share the island of Ireland.

In that spirit of accommodation, Pierre Joannon had the honour of presenting a copy of his book to the President of Ireland Mary McAleese at a reception in Aras an Uachtarain, attended by the French Ambassador and several members of the French Press.