Author : Mary E. Daly
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908996473
This book explores the official 50th anniversary commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising in the Irish Republic how the government reinvented the message of 1916 through the jubilee celebrations; the organization of various unofficial commemorations in Northern Ireland; and the significance of these for nationalist and unionist politics in the mid-1960s. The book also examines the 1966 anniversary celebration of the Rising from the perspectives of drama, performance, youth culture, and history.