Remembering 1916 by Richard S. Grayson, Fearghal McGarry - 9781107145900

Cambridge University Press

Remembering 1916The Easter Rising, the Somme and the Politics of Memory in Ireland\nAuthor(s): Richard S. Grayson, Fearghal McGarry\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107145900, 978-1107145900\nSynopsis\nThe 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 .