Renowned Cork historian Prof Dermot Keogh  'touched so many people in so many ways' 

The 78-year-old former Professor of History at University College Cork, died peacefully at home in Cork city on Wednesday following an illness.

Professor Keogh taught in UCC’s department of history between 1980 and 2010, was Jean Monnet Professor in the department between 1990 and 1996. File Picture

One of Ireland’s renowned historians has been remembered by his family as a dad who had created a ”warm and happy home”.

Emeritus Professor Dermot Keogh’s daughter Aoife also paid tribute to how he “touched so many people in so many ways”.