Ireland's 1916 Rising : explorations of history-making, commemoration & heritage in modern times /

McCarthy, Mark,

Ireland's 1916 Rising : explorations of history-making, commemoration & heritage in modern times / [electronic book] / Mark McCarthy - 1 online resource (516 pages) : illustrations, charts ;

Includes bibliographic references and index

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This book draws together the interlocking dimensions of history-making, commemoration and heritage to reveal the Rising's undeniable influence upon modern Ireland's evolution, both instantaneous and long-term. In addition to furnishing a history of the tumultuous events of Easter 1916, which rattled the British Empire's foundations and enthused independence movements elsewhere, Ireland's 1916 Rising mainly concentrates on illuminating the evolving relationship between the Irish past and present


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Memorialization--Ireland


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