Irish Examiner view: Gabriel Doherty helped us interpret and understand our history 

The late UCC historian Gabriel Doherty made a leading contribution to the Decade of Centenaries

Gabriel Doherty photographed in 2012 beside the Republican graves and monument at UCC. Picture: Tomás Tyner/UCC

Ireland has a complex past, and it places a great value on the quality of our historians to help us interpret it and contextualise events in a meaningful way.

It is sad to note, therefore, the sudden passing of the outstanding Cork historian Gabriel Doherty at the age of 56. Mr Doherty, who had taught at University College Cork (UCC) since the 1990s, was an acknowledged expert in modern Irish history and made a leading contribution to the Decade of Centenaries commemoration.