1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising Commemorating the Easter Rising

by Daly, Mary E.; O'Callaghan, Margaret; Ferriter, Diarmaid; Laffan, Michael; Graff-McRae, Rebecca; Holohan, Carole; O'Donnell, Catherine; Roche, Tony; Higgins, Roisín

• ISBN13: 9781904890270
• ISBN10: 190489027X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy

Summary

1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising' looks closely at how the Irish government reinvented the message of Easter 1916 through the official golden jubilee celebrations of the nationalist Rising. This collection of essays explores the organization of various unofficial commemorations in Northern Ireland in 1966 and the significance of these for nationalist and unionist politics in the mid-1960s. It analyzes the golden jubilee of the Rising from a political perspective, and revisits the 1966 anniversary from the perspectives of drama, performance, youth culture and history. Contributors to the book are the editors, Mary E. Daly and Margaret O'Callaghan, and: Diarmaid Ferriter, Rebecca Graff-McRae, Roisin Higgins, Carole Holohan, Michael Laffan, Catherine O'Donnell and Anthony Roche.

Author Biography

Mary E. Daly is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Dublin (UCD) and served for seven years as Principal of UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies; she has also held visiting positions at Harvard and Boston College.Margaret O'Callaghan is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast. She has co-edited 1916 in 1966: Commemorating the Easter Rising (2007).

Table of Contents

Irish Modernity and 'the Patriot Dead' in 1966	p. 1
'Less a Commemoration of the Actual Achievements and More: A Commemoration of the Hopes of the Men of 1916'	p. 18
'From Casement Park to Toomerbridge' - The Commemoration of the Easter Rising in Northern Ireland in 1966	p. 86
'I am the narrator over-and-above ... the caller up of the dead': Pageant and Drama in 1966	p. 148
More than a Revival of Memories? 1960s Youth and the 1916 Rising	p. 173
Commemorating the Rising, 1922-65: 'A Figurative Scramble for the Bones of the Patriot Dead'?	p. 198
Forget Politics! Theorising the Political Dynamics of Commemoration and Conflict	p. 219
Pragmatism Versus Unity: The Stormont Government and the 1966 Easter Commemoration	p. 239
Sites Of Memory And Memorial	p. 272
Staging 1916 in 1966: Pastiche, Parody and Problems of Representation	p. 303
Easter Week and the Historians	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 343
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