205:"In the departments of history in nearly every British university Ireland had remained for too long a forgotten country, except as an irritating intruder into British party politics. Cambridge had been in some degree an exception to that bad rule.. But Mansergh was the first member of the faculty to make specific provisions for the teaching of Irish history both to undergraduates and graduates.... For as far ahead as anybody can foresee, Mansergh's contribution to Irish historiography will remain an enlightening and civilized influence upon intelligent teachers, students and men of affairs both in Ireland and in Britain."
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72:, Ireland. He maintained lifelong ties there. He was the second son of Philip St George Mansergh (1863–1928), a railway engineer, and Ethel Marguerite Otway Louise Mansergh (1876–1963). One of his earliest memories was of trains leaving the town carrying soldiers destined for service on the
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distinguished work. A festschrift from his students honoured his memory.
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Nationalism and Independence: Selected Irish Papers by Nicolas Mansergh
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Documents and Speeches on Commonwealth Affairs, 1952–1962
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The Government of Northern Ireland: A Study in Devolution
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The Oxford History of the British Empire: Historiography
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