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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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Synopsis
"1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising" looks closely at how the Irish government reinvented the message of 1916 through the official golden jubilee celebrations of the Rising. It also 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. Not only does the book analyze the golden jubilee of the Rising from a political perspective, however, it also examines the 1966 anniversary from the perspectives of drama, performance, youth culture and history. Contributors to the book, in addition to Mary E. Daly and Margaret O'Callaghan, are: Diarmaid Ferriter, Rebecca Graff-McRae, Roisin Higgins, Carole Holohan, Michael Laffan, Catherine O'Donnell, and Anthony Roche.
About the Author
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).
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- PublisherRoyal Irish Academy
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 190489027X
- ISBN 13 9781904890270
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages356
- EditorDaly Mary E., O'Callaghan Margaret
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