A claim that Daniel O'Connell exacerbated sectarian divisions has been rejected by a retired professor of history.
Kerry historian Dr Tim Horgan has argued that The Liberator drove a deep wedge between republican Presbyterians in Ulster and Catholics, and used religion as a tool to build a political base.
Dr Horgan made the claims when he addressed an event in Banna on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the execution of Roger Casement.
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Professor Maurice Bric is emeritus professor of history at UCD and director of the Daniel O'Connell Summer School.
Today is the 250th anniversary of O’Connell’s birth, with state events taking place in Cahersiveen.
Professor Bric rejects the charge that Daniel O'Connell worsened religious tensions.
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