Cormac O Grada has stated he "will be remembered for his deep, sometimes contrarian, insights and for his takes on a bewilderingly wide range of themes.
thesis "The Dancer and the Dance: The Social and Political Ideas and Activities of William Butler Yeats from 1916 to 1928".
[11] After discussions there with the fellow Irish historian John O'Brien, he moved to do a PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge.
[12] Fitzpatrick spent his professional life at Trinity College Dublin, where he was appointed a lecturer in Modern History in 1979.
Based on his PhD thesis, the publication was described as "fair, balanced and neutral, with a touch of irreverence, indeed a model of objectivity.
[1] He first married Georgina Huege de Serville (known as Haigh), a historian who studied the Australian War Trials.