1916 in 1966 commemorating the Easter Rising

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Looks at how the Irish government reinvented the message of 1916 through the official golden jubilee celebrations of the Rising. This book 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. Not only does the book analyze the golden jubilee of the Rising from a political perspective, however, it also examines the 1966 anniversary from the perspectives of drama, performance, youth culture and history. Contributors to the book, in addition to Mary E. Daly and Margaret O'Callaghan, are: Diarmaid Ferriter, Rebecca Graff-McRae, Roisin Higgins, Carole Holohan, Michael Laffan, Catherine O'Donnell, and Anthony Roche. INTRODUCTION--IRISH MODERNITY AND 'THE PATRIOT DEAD' IN 1966Mary E. Daly and Margaret O'Callaghan. -- 11. 'LESS A COMMEMORATION OF THE ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND MORE A COMMEMORATION OF THE HOPES OF THE MEN OF 1916'Mary E. Daly -- 182. 'FROM CASEMENT PARK TO TOOMEBRIDGE'--THE COMMEMORATION OF THE EASTER RISING IN NORTHERN IRELAND IN 1966Margaret O'Callaghan -- 863. 'I AM THE NARRATOR OVER-AND-ABOVE...THE CALLER UP OF THE DEAD':PAGEANT AND DRAMA IN 1966Roisin Higgins -- 1484. MORE THAN A REVIVAL OF MEMORIES? 1960S YOUTH AND THE 1916 RISINGCarole Holohan -- 1735. COMMEMORATING THE RISING, 1922-65: 'A FIGURATIVE SCRAMBLE FOR THE BONES OF THE PATRIOT DEAD'?Diarmaid Ferriter -- 1986. FORGET POLITICS! THEORISING THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF COMMEMORATION AND CONFLICTRebecca Lynn Graff-McRae -- 2197. PRAGMATISM VERSUS UNITY: THE STORMONT GOVERNMENT AND THE 1966 EASTER COMMEMORATIONCatherine O'Donnell -- 2398. SITES OF MEMORY AND MEMORIALRoisin Higgins -- 2729. STAGING 1916 IN 1966: PASTICHE, PARODY AND PROBLEMS OF REPRESENTATIONAnthony Roche -- 30310. EASTERWEEK AND THE HISTORIANSMichael Laffan -- 323Bibliography -- 343Acknowledgements -- 355