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title="Coventry, England">Coventry, England</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Peter Tremayne, Peter MacAlan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brighton_College_of_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighton College of Art">Brighton College of Art</a>;<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_East_London" title="University of East London">North East London Polytechnic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Celtic history, literary biography, historical novels</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Dorothea Cheesmur (died 2016)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Peter Berresford Ellis</b> (born 10 March 1943) is a British <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biography_in_literature" title="Biography in literature">literary biographer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Novelist" title="Novelist">novelist</a> who has published over 98 books to date either under his own name or his pseudonyms <b>Peter Tremayne</b> and <b>Peter MacAlan</b>. He has also published 100 short stories. Under Peter Tremayne, he is the author of the international bestselling <i><a href="/wiki/Sister_Fidelma" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister Fidelma">Sister Fidelma</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Historical_mystery" title="Historical mystery">historical mystery</a> series. His work has appeared in 25 languages. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Berresford_Ellis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peter Berresford Ellis was born in <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>. His father, Alan John Ellis (1898-1971), was a Cork-born <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> who started his career with <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Examiner" title="Irish Examiner">The Cork Examiner</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Ellis, the Ellis family (originally "Elys") can be traced in the area from 1288; his branch were stonecutters in Cork City from the early 1800s.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His mother, Eva Daisy (1897-1991), was the daughter of Henry Randolph Randell, a house painter and decorator from an old <a href="/wiki/Sussex" title="Sussex">Sussex</a> family of <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxon</a> origin. Her autobiography presents its lineage back through 14 generations in the <a href="/wiki/Hurstpierpoint" title="Hurstpierpoint">Hurstpierpoint</a> area. Her mother was of <a href="/wiki/Breton_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Breton people">Breton</a> descent.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Educated at <a href="/wiki/Brighton_College_of_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighton College of Art">Brighton College of Art</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Rielly_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rielly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ellis graduated from North East London Polytechnic (now part of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_East_London" title="University of East London">University of East London</a>) in Celtic Studies in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also earned a master's degree in Celtic Studies from the University of East London (1993).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_and_writing_career">Work and writing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Berresford_Ellis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Work and writing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He began his career as a junior reporter on an English south coast weekly, becoming deputy editor of an Irish weekly newspaper and was then editor of a weekly publishing <a href="/wiki/Trade_journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade journal">trade journal</a> in London. He first went as a feature writer to Northern Ireland in 1964 for a London daily newspaper. His first book was published in 1968: <i>Wales: a Nation Again</i>, on the Welsh struggle for political independence, with a foreword by <a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a>'s first <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rielly_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rielly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1975 he became a full-time writer. He used his academic background to produce many titles in the field of Celtic Studies and he has written academic articles and papers in the field for journals ranging from <i>The Linguist</i> (London) to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Sword" title="The Irish Sword">The Irish Sword: Journal of the Irish Military History Society</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a>). In 1999 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_Higher_Education_Supplement" class="mw-redirect" title="The Times Higher Education Supplement">The Times Higher Education Supplement</a></i> described him as one of the leading authorities on the Celts then writing.<sup id="cite_ref-Rielly_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rielly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been International Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_League_(political_organisation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic League (political organisation)">Celtic League</a> (1988–90); chairman of Scrif-Celt (The Celtic Languages Book Fair (1985–86); chairman and vice-president of the London Association for Celtic Education (1989–95), of which he is an Honorary Life Member.<sup id="cite_ref-Rielly_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rielly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was also chairman of his local ward <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> in London and was editorial advisor on <i>Labour and Ireland</i> magazine in the early 1990s. He is an honorary life member of the Connolly Association (founded 1938) to examine and promote the life and teachings of <a href="/wiki/James_Connolly" title="James Connolly">James Connolly</a>. He introduced and edited <i>James Connolly: Selected Writing</i> (Penguin, 1973) and wrote a regular column for the Association's newspaper <i>Irish Democrat</i> from 1987 to 2007. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Authors" title="Society of Authors">Society of Authors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rielly_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rielly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ellis supports <a href="/wiki/Chechen_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Chechen independence">Chechen independence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan independence">Tibetan independence</a>, a <a href="/wiki/United_Ireland" title="United Ireland">United Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hi_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hi-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ellis believes that the idea of unbiased historical works is a myth, instead believing that historians should state their bias at the start of a work - "I write as someone who fully supports Celtic cultural, political and economic independence. Nor do I disguise the fact that I am a socialist."<sup id="cite_ref-hi_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hi-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_fiction">Popular fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Berresford_Ellis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Popular fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apart from his <a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celtic</a> Studies interests, Ellis has written full-length biographies of the writers <a href="/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard" title="H. Rider Haggard">H. Rider Haggard</a>, <a href="/wiki/W._E._Johns" title="W. E. Johns">W. E. Johns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talbot_Mundy" title="Talbot Mundy">Talbot Mundy</a> and <a href="/wiki/E._C._Vivian" title="E. C. Vivian">E. C. Vivian</a>, as well as critical essays on other popular fiction authors. His output in the fictional field, writing in the genre of horror fantasy and <a href="/wiki/Heroic_fantasy" class="mw-redirect" title="Heroic fantasy">heroic fantasy</a>, began in 1977 when the first "Peter Tremayne" book appeared. Between 1983 and 1993 he also wrote eight adventure thrillers under the name "Peter MacAlan".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of June 2015 he had published 106 books, 100 short stories, several pamphlets, and numerous academic papers and signed journalistic articles. Under his own name he wrote two long running columns: "Anonn is Anall" ("Here and There") from 1987 to 2008 for the <i>Irish Democrat</i>, and, "Anois agus Arís" ("Now and Again") from 2000 to 2008 for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Post" title="The Irish Post">The Irish Post</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>His books include 35 titles under his own name 55 titles under his <a href="/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">pen name</a> of Peter Tremayne and eight under the pen name of Peter MacAlan.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has lectured at universities in several countries, including the UK, Ireland, America, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. He has also broadcast on television and radio since 1968.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The popularity of his <i><a href="/wiki/Sister_Fidelma_mysteries" title="Sister Fidelma mysteries">Sister Fidelma mysteries</a></i> led, in January 2001, to the formation of an International Sister Fidelma Society in <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock, Arkansas</a>, with a website and a print magazine called <i>The Brehon</i> produced three times a year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A book, <i>The Sister Fidelma Mysteries: Essays on the Historical Novels of Peter Tremayne</i>, was published by MacFarland in 2012. Ellis's novel, <i>The Devil's Seal</i> was published by St. Martin's Press in 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Berresford_Ellis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was given an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_East_London" title="University of East London">University of East London</a> in 2006 in recognition of his work.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is also a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_Ireland" title="Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland">Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland</a> (1996) and a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Historical_Society" title="Royal Historical Society">Royal Historical Society</a> (1998). He was made a Bard of the <a href="/wiki/Cornish_Gorsedd" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornish Gorsedd">Cornish Gorsedd</a> (1987) for his work on the history of the <a href="/wiki/Cornish_language" title="Cornish language">Cornish language</a> – <i>The Cornish Language and its Literature</i> (published in 1974). He received an Irish Post Award (1989) for his work on Celtic history, and the French Prix <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia" class="extiw" title="fr:Historia">Historia</a> (2010) for best historical crime novel of 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Rielly_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rielly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was made Honorary Life President of the Scottish 1820 Society (1989),<sup id="cite_ref-auto_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Honorary Life Member of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Literary_Society" title="Irish Literary Society">Irish Literary Society</a> (2002).<sup id="cite_ref-auto_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Berresford_Ellis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ellis's wife, Dorothea Cheesmur Ellis (11 September 1940 – 30 March 2016) died of cancer at age 75.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Berresford_Ellis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cornishlanguagei0000elli/mode/2up">The Cornish Language and its Literature</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hellorconnaught00pete/mode/2up">Hell or Connaught!: the Cromwellian Colonisation of Ireland, 1652-1660</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/boynewaterbattle0000elli/mode/2up">The Boyne Water: The Battle of the Boyne, 1690</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/greatfireoflondo0000elli/mode/2up">The Great Fire of London</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/caesarsinvasiono0000unse/mode/2up">Caesar's Invasion of Britain</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hriderhaggardvoi0000elli_d0n7/mode/2up">H. Rider Haggard: A Voice from the Infinite</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/macbethhighkingo0000elli/mode/2up">MacBeth: High King of Scotland 1040-57</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofirishwo0000elli_o1t7/mode/2up">A History of the Irish Working Class</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celticrevolution0000elli/mode/2up">The Celtic Revolution: A Study in Anti-Imperialism</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofiris0000elli_l9g1/mode/2up">A Dictionary of Irish Mythology</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/risingofmoon00elli/mode/2up">The Rising of the Moon: A Novel</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celticempirefirs00elli/mode/2up">The Celtic Empire</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celticinheritanc0000elli/mode/2up">Celtic Inheritance</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celticdawnhistor0000elli/mode/2up">Celtic Dawn: A history of Pan-Celticism</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/druids0000elli/mode/2up">The Druids</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celtgreekceltsin0000elli/mode/2up">Celt and Greek: Celts in the Hellenic world</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celtromanceltsof0000elli/mode/2up">Celt and Roman: The Celts of Italy</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofce0000elli/mode/2up">A Brief History of the Celts</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celtshistory0000elli/mode/2up">The Celts: A History</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ancientworldofce0000elli_z7r3/mode/2up">The Ancient World of the Celts</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofcelt0000elli/mode/2up">The Chronicles of the Celts: New tellings of their myths and legends</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/erinsbloodroyal00elli/mode/2up">Erin's Blood Royal: The Gaelic Noble Dynasties of Ireland</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/eyewitnesstoiris0000elli/mode/2up">Eyewitnesses to Irish History</a></i> (2004)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Berresford_Ellis&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWhiteO'Shea2006" class="citation book cs1">White, Gerry; O'Shea, Brendan (2006). <i>The Burning of Cork</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=aubanehistoricalsociety.org&rft.atitle=The+Burning+Of+Cork%3A+an+eyewitness+account&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faubanehistoricalsociety.org%2Faubane_collection%2Fburning.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeter_Berresford_Ellis2003" class="citation book cs1">Peter Berresford Ellis (2003). "The Ellis Family of Millstreet". <i>Millstreet: a Considerable Town</i>. Aubane Historical Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Ellis+Family+of+Millstreet&rft.btitle=Millstreet%3A+a+Considerable+Town&rft.pub=Aubane+Historical+Society&rft.date=2003&rft.au=Peter+Berresford+Ellis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEllis2003" class="citation book cs1">Ellis, Eva Daisy (Randell), ed. Peter Berresford Ellis (2003). <i>Daisy: Growing Up in a Sussex Village, 1897-1918: An Autobiography</i>. Hurstpierpoint: Hurstpierpoint Historical Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Daisy%3A+Growing+Up+in+a+Sussex+Village%2C+1897-1918%3A+An+Autobiography&rft.place=Hurstpierpoint&rft.pub=Hurstpierpoint+Historical+Society&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Ellis&rft.aufirst=Eva+Daisy+%28Randell%29%2C+ed.+Peter+Berresford+Ellis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/the-girl-who-gave-directions-to-edward-vii-2143871">"The girl who gave directions to Edward VII"</a>. 15 July 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+girl+who+gave+directions+to+Edward+VII&rft.date=2016-07-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sussexexpress.co.uk%2Fheritage-and-retro%2Fretro%2Fthe-girl-who-gave-directions-to-edward-vii-2143871&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rielly-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rielly_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rielly_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rielly_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rielly_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rielly_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rielly_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRiellyWooten2012" class="citation book cs1">Rielly, Edward; Wooten, David Robert (2012). <i>The Sister Fidelma Mysteries: Essays on the Historical Novels of Peter Tremayne</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=UEL+Alumni+Network&rft.pub=University+of+East+London&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uel.ac.uk%2Falumni%2Fgroups%2Fnelp.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hi-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hi_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hi_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/practising-history-without-a-licencepeter-berresford-ellis-and-popular-history/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Practising history without a licence':Peter Berresford Ellis and popular history"</a>. 5 March 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%27Practising+history+without+a+licence%27%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis+and+popular+history&rft.date=2013-03-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyireland.com%2F20th-century-contemporary-history%2Fpractising-history-without-a-licencepeter-berresford-ellis-and-popular-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Works by Peter MacAlan". <i>Book and Magazine Collector</i>. 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October 2004.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Book+and+Magazine+Collector&rft.atitle=Sister+Fidelma+mysteries&rft.date=2004-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Details of his work and career are posted at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sisterfidelma.com">International Sister Fidelma Society website</a>, sisterfidelma.com; accessed 27 May 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403023546/http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/damon.htm">"News"</a>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_East_London" title="University of East London">University of East London</a>. 2006. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/damon.htm">the original</a> on 3 April 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=News&rft.pub=University+of+East+London&rft.date=2006&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uel.ac.uk%2Fnews%2Flatest_news%2Fstories%2Fdamon.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Berresford+Ellis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Who's Who in International Affairs</i>. 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href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n78001216">United States</a></span></span><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50008898">2</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Ellis, Peter Berresford (1943-....)"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120707820">France</a></span></span></li><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Ellis, Peter Berresford (1943-....)"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120707820">BnF data</a></span></span></li><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Tremayne, Peter"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/01010207">Japan</a></span></span><ul><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" 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