Uncomfortable 'truths' and the centenary anniversary of the 1916 Rising in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorÓ hAdhmaill, Féilim
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T09:46:34Z
dc.date.available2016-07-11T09:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.date.updated2016-06-07T13:17:12Z
dc.description.abstractHow to deal with uncomfortable ‘truths’ from the past has long posed problems for historians and politicians alike and this is exemplified by attempts to ‘deal with’ the centenary anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. How do we recognise the revolutionary ‘heroes’ of the past and their contribution to the building of the new ‘nation’ state to which we may pledge allegiance, without exposing the contradictions inherent in the way that ‘nation’ state has transformed, subverted and indeed corrupted many of the ideas for which they fought? More controversially, how do we honour the actions of revolutionaries in the past which led to death and destruction in pursuance of a grand ideal, while at the same time condemning others today who claim to have been likewise engaged, using similar methods, during the recent ‘Troubles’ (1969-98 and counting)? Attempts by the Irish state to deal with the centenary seem to illustrate the point.en
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dc.identifier.citationÓ hAdhmaill, F. (2016) 'Uncomfortable 'truths' and the centenary anniversary of the 1916 Rising in Ireland', Socialist History, 49.en
dc.identifier.isbn9781910448878
dc.identifier.issued49en
dc.identifier.journaltitleSocialist Historyen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2853
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSocialist History Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.socialist-history-journal.org.uk/index.html
dc.rights© 2016, Socialist History Society.en
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subject1916 Risingen
dc.subjectCommemorationen
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectRevolutionen
dc.titleUncomfortable 'truths' and the centenary anniversary of the 1916 Rising in Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (preprint)en
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