My own view is that the school we are dealing withis a neo-colonial one, an anti-nationalist school which in itsmildest form apologises for English imperialism in Ireland, or,in its strongest form supports that imperialism. We could termthose historians from the 26 County state, who are engaged insuch writing, as "Unionist fellow travellers."We are not dealing with a new phenomenon. Until 1921 Irishhistory (we are confining ourselves to the 26 counties) was inthe hands of the Unionist school, just as in the 6 Counties Irishhistory has remained in those hands. Only after the emergence ofthe 26 County state did the nationalist interpretation become thegenerally accepted view of Irish history--which was based on thepremise that the Irish people had a moral right to fight fortheir political, economic, social and cultural independenceagainst the imperial ethics of their big neighbor--was theaccepted  view of history. Perhaps we can now call it thetraditional view of Irish history.