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James Quinn is an historian who has written widely on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland, particularly in the areas of biography and historiography. He was formerly Managing Editor of the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography and wrote many of its most important entries relating to the 1798 Rebellion. His other books with UCD Press include Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History (2015) and John Mitchel (2008).
'Bloody Summer is crisply written, tightly structured and clearly the product of long familiarity with both the archival record and the interpretative debates surrounding the rebellion.' – History Ireland, March 2026 'Lucid, authoritative and brilliantly concise ... [Bloody Summer] displays academic rigour, scrupulous balance, and a keen eye for telling details' – Irish Times, December 2025 ‘Quinn’s summary, so concise and compact, will clearly be of immense service, not only to students of history at all levels, but also to those still seeking to find an understanding that contents them of Ireland’s history.’ – Irish Catholic, January 2026
