Towards commemoration : Ireland in war and revolution, 1912-1923 / John Horne and Edward Madigan (eds).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horne, John, 1949- editor.

Madigan, Edward, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Anniversaries.

Ireland--History--1910-1921.

Ireland.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916--Anniversaries, etc.

Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921--Anniversaries.

Ireland--Politics and government--1910-1921.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 182 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, 2013.

Summary:

How should we commemorate the past? What are the potential benefits and dangers? How does commemoration relate to history? Contemporary Ireland, north and south, was founded in the decade 1912-23. From the signing of the Ulster Unionists' Solemn League and Covenant to the partitioning of the country and subsequent Civil War in the Irish Free State, a series of events shaped Ireland for the century to come. Towards Commemoration arises from a project led by the Centre for War Studies, Trinity College Dublin, in association with the Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco. It features essays by leading historians, journalists and civic activists, debating how to make the most, and avoid the worst, of the centenary decade. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section 1 Histories

1 Violence and War in Europe and Ireland, 1911-14 / William Mulligan Mulligan, William 13

2 The Strange Death of Liberal Ireland: William Flavelle Monypenny's The Two Irish Nations / Paid Bew Bew, Paid 21

3 Parallel Lives, Poles Apart: Commemorating Gallipoli in Ireland and Australia / Stuart Ward Ward, Stuart 29

4 More than a 'Curious Footnote': Irish Voluntary Participation in the First World War and British Popular Memory / Catriona Pennell Pennell, Catriona 38

5 1916 and Irish Republicanism: between Myth and History / Fearghal McGarry McGarry, Fearghal 46

6 Ireland and the Wars After the War, 1917-23 / John Home Home, John 54

Section 2 Memories

7 Two Traditions and the Places Between / Paul Clark Clark, Paul 67

8 Church of Ireland Great War Remembrance in the South of Ireland: a Personal Reflection / Heather Jones Jones, Heather 74

9 The Long Road / Tom Hartley Hartley, Tom 83

10 Somme Memories / Ian Adamson Adamson, Ian 91

11 Rediscovery and Reconciliation: the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association / Tom Burke Burke, Tom 98

12 Charley Bourne, Jack Ford and the Green Fields of France / Brian Hanley Hanley, Brian 105

Section 3 Commemorations

13 Irish Varieties of Great War Commemoration / Keith Jeffery Jeffery, Keith 117

14 Historians and the Commemoration of Irish Conflicts, 1912-23 / David Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, David 126

15 Beyond Glory? Cultural Divergences in Remembering the Great War in Ireland, Britain and France / Jay Winter Winter, Jay 134

16 Divisions and Divisions and Divisions: Who to Commemorate? / Anne Dolan Dolan, Anne 145

17 Beyond Amnesia and Piety / Fintan O'Toole O'Toole, Fintan 154

18 Lest We Forget: Commemoration Fever in France and Ireland / Pierre Joannon Joannon, Pierre 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781908996176

190899617X

OCLC:

830355068