Rory Sweetman is a professional New Zealand historian. He teaches at the University of Otago in modern Irish history and has published widely on New Zealand’s ethnic and religious past.[1]
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Sweetman was born in Ireland and spent his childhood there and in New Zealand. He received his secondary education at St Peter's College, Auckland, New Zealand. He commenced his tertiary studies at the University of Auckland.[2] He has history degrees from the Universities of Dublin (Trinity College) (BA (Hons) 1981) and Cambridge (Peterhouse) (Ph.D, 1991).[3] Sweetman's doctorate from Cambridge University was on the subject, New Zealand Catholicism, War, Politics and the Irish Issue 1912-22.[2]
Sweetman has lived in Dunedin since 1997. He has spent the last six years teaching Irish history at the University of Otago.[2]
Amongst Sweetman's published works are: