1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising
Published on 15. November 2007
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-1-904890-27-0 (ISBN)
Description
1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising' looks closely at how the Irish government reinvented the message of Easter 1916 through the official golden jubilee celebrations of the nationalist Rising. This collection of essays explores the organization of various unofficial commemorations in Northern Ireland in 1966 and the significance of these for nationalist and unionist politics in the mid-1960s. It analyzes the golden jubilee of the Rising from a political perspective, and revisits the 1966 anniversary from the perspectives of drama, performance, youth culture and history. Contributors to the book are the editors, Mary E. Daly and Margaret O'Callaghan, and: Diarmaid Ferriter, Rebecca Graff-McRae, Roisin Higgins, Carole Holohan, Michael Laffan, Catherine O'Donnell and Anthony Roche.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
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With printed dust jacket
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 166 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904890-27-0 (9781904890270)
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Mary E. Daly | Margaret O'Callaghan
1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising
E-Book
11/2007
Royal Irish Academy
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Mary E. Daly | Margaret O'Callaghan
1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising
E-Book
11/2007
Royal Irish Academy
€49.49
Available for download
Persons
Mary E. Daly is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Dublin (UCD) and served for seven years as Principal of UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies; she has also held visiting positions at Harvard and Boston College. Margaret O'Callaghan is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University Belfast. She has co-edited 1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising (2007).
Content
INTRODUCTION--IRISH MODERNITY AND 'THE PATRIOT DEAD' IN 1966Mary E. Daly and Margaret O'Callaghan. -- 11. 'LESS A COMMEMORATION OF THE ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND MORE A COMMEMORATION OF THE HOPES OF THE MEN OF 1916'Mary E. Daly -- 182. 'FROM CASEMENT PARK TO TOOMEBRIDGE'--THE COMMEMORATION OF THE EASTER RISING IN NORTHERN IRELAND IN 1966Margaret O'Callaghan -- 863. 'I AM THE NARRATOR OVER-AND-ABOVE...THE CALLER UP OF THE DEAD':PAGEANT AND DRAMA IN 1966Roisin Higgins -- 1484. MORE THAN A REVIVAL OF MEMORIES? 1960S YOUTH AND THE 1916 RISINGCarole Holohan -- 1735. COMMEMORATING THE RISING, 1922-65: 'A FIGURATIVE SCRAMBLE FOR THE BONES OF THE PATRIOT DEAD'?Diarmaid Ferriter -- 1986. FORGET POLITICS! THEORISING THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF COMMEMORATION AND CONFLICTRebecca Lynn Graff-McRae -- 2197. PRAGMATISM VERSUS UNITY: THE STORMONT GOVERNMENT AND THE 1966 EASTER COMMEMORATIONCatherine O'Donnell -- 2398. SITES OF MEMORY AND MEMORIALRoisin Higgins -- 2729. STAGING 1916 IN 1966: PASTICHE, PARODY AND PROBLEMS OF REPRESENTATIONAnthony Roche -- 30310. EASTERWEEK AND THE HISTORIANSMichael Laffan -- 323Bibliography -- 343Acknowledgements -- 355