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All dressed up : modern Irish historical pageantry / Joan Fitzpatrick Dean.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Irish studiesPublisher: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 335 pages, 8 colored plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780815633747 .
  • 0815633742
Contained works:
  • Pearse, Padraic, 1879-1916. Macghniomhartha Chuchulainn (English translation). English
Subject(s): Summary: These public pageants, a sort of precursor to today's opening ceremonies at the Olympic games, mobilised huge numbers of citizens to present elaborately staged versions of Irish identity. This book explores the historical significance of these pageants, explaining how their popularity correlated to political or religious imperatives in 20th century Ireland
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Includes bibliographical references and index

These public pageants, a sort of precursor to today's opening ceremonies at the Olympic games, mobilised huge numbers of citizens to present elaborately staged versions of Irish identity. This book explores the historical significance of these pageants, explaining how their popularity correlated to political or religious imperatives in 20th century Ireland

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