• Transforming 1916 : meaning, memory and the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter rising
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: meaning, memory and the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter rising
    [NT 47261] Author: HigginsRoisín,
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: Cork, Ire.
    [NT 47263] Published: Cork University Press;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: c2012
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (xi, 275 p.).
    [NT 47266] Subject: Ireland - History - Easter Rising, 1916 -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Ireland - History - 20th century -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Ireland - History - Easter Rising, 1916 -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781908634238/
    [NT 47265] Notes: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    [NT 51398] Summary: The fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising has been remembered asa moment of unrestrained triumphalism which fuelled divisions between unionists and nationalists. Indeed there exists in Ireland a dual memory through which 1966 has become as mythical and misunderstood as 1916. David Trimblehas written that 1916 had a particular legacy for the North, as the 50th anniversary of the rebellion started the destabilisation of Ulster. For Trimble, the orgy of self-congratulation that accompanied the commemoration had a devastating impact on the position of moderate politics in Northern Ireland
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781908634238electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781859184868hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 1859184863hbk.
    [NT 60779] Content Note: Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The official commemoration -- Chapter 2. Alternatives to the official commemoration -- Chapter 3. "The other place": commemorationin Northern Ireland -- Chapter 4. Calling up the dead: pageants and performance -- Chapter 5. WhereNelson's pillar was not: the memorial sites of the jubilee-- Chapter 6. From history into art -- Chapter 7. 'What to do with their lovely past?' Promoting the commemoration abroad -- Epilogue. Toward2016 -- Bibliography -- Notes and References -- Index
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