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Remembering 1916 : the Easter Rising, the Somme and the politics of memory in Ireland

Grayson, Richard S., 1969-, McGarry, Fearghal

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\"The year 1916 witnessed two events that would profoundly shape both politics and commemoration in Ireland over the course of the following century. Although the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme were important historical events in their own right, their significance also lay in how they came to be understood as iconic moments in the emergence of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach drawing on history, politics, anthropology and cultural studies, this volume explores how the memory of these two foundational events has been constructed, mythologised and revised over the course of the past century. The aim is not merely to understand how the Rising and the Somme came to exert a central place in how the past is viewed in Ireland, but to explore wider questions about the relationship between history, commemoration and memory\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 Influence. / Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 Historiography. / Memorials Ireland. / Collective memory Ireland. / Memory Political aspects Ireland. / Political culture Ireland. / Ireland History Easter Rising, 1916 Influence. / Ireland History Easter Rising, 1916 Historiography. / Ireland History 1922- / Northern Ireland History.
• ISBN: 9781107145900, 9781316509272

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DA962.R484 2016	1	BOOK	GENERAL