Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, the Somme and the Politics of Memory in Ireland

The year 1916 witnessed two events that would profoundly shape both<br/>politics and commemoration in Ireland over the course of the following<br/>century. Although the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme were<br/>important historical events in their own right, their significance also lay<br/>in how they came to be understood as iconic moments in the emergence<br/>of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Adopting an interdisciplinary<br/>approach drawing on history, politics, anthropology and cultural<br/>studies, this volume explores how the memory of these two foundational<br/>events has been constructed, mythologised and revised over the course<br/>of the past century. The aim is not merely to understand how the Rising<br/>and Somme came to exert a central place in how the past is viewed in<br/>Ireland, but to explore wider questions about the relationship between<br/>history, commemoration and memory.