As an Ulsterman myself, his book was one of the very first books on the history of my part of Ireland that I ever read as a young adult, at a time when as a young student I and many others felt as if we were being looked down upon as a consequence of The Troubles, with no-one able to define who exactly we were, even within my part of the world, as opposed to who we weren't (ussuns and themuns). We were taught very little about Irish history at school in Northern Ireland, and it remains one of my fave books to this day - it was an absolute eye opener.
The Irish Times has an obituary to Dr Bardon at http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/04/22/news/tributes-paid-to-great-scholar-who-penned-monumental-history-of-ulster-dr-jonathan-bardon-1910980/.
The Belfast Newsletter also has an obituary at https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-ulster-historian-jonathan-bardon-dies-covid-19-he-also-had-other-serious-illness-2545612.
(With thanks to @NIFHS)
Chris
My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts May 4th - see www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is out shortly, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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