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Book Synopsis Ulster, Ireland and the Somme by : Catherine Switzer
Download or read book Ulster, Ireland and the Somme written by Catherine Switzer and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulster, Ireland and the Somme tells the story of the relationship between Ulster, Ireland and the Somme area of northern France, which has now endured for nearly a century. The 1916 Battle of the Somme is a key event in Irish memory of the Great War, and thousands of people from both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic visit the area each year, but the history of the landscape and the memorials they see has never been told in any detail until now.
Book Synopsis Ghosts of the Somme by : Jonathan Evershed
Download or read book Ghosts of the Somme written by Jonathan Evershed and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once assumed to be a driver or even cause of conflict, commemoration during Ireland's Decade of Centenaries came to occupy a central place in peacebuilding efforts. The inclusive and cross-communal reorientation of commemoration, particularly of the First World War, has been widely heralded as signifying new forms of reconciliation and a greater "maturity" in relationships between Ireland and the UK and between Unionists and Nationalists in Northern Ireland. In this study, Jonathan Evershed interrogates the particular and implicitly political claims about the nature of history, memory, and commemoration that define and sustain these assertions, and explores some of the hidden and countervailing transcripts that underwrite and disrupt them. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Belfast, Evershed explores Ulster Loyalist commemoration of the Battle of the Somme, its conflicted politics, and its confrontation with official commemorative discourse and practice during the Decade of Centenaries. He investigates how and why the myriad social, political, cultural, and economic changes that have defined postconflict Northern Ireland have been experienced by Loyalists as a culture war, and how commemoration is the means by which they confront and challenge the perceived erosion of their identity. He reveals the ways in which this brings Loyalists into conflict not only with the politics of Irish Nationalism, but with the "peacebuilding" state and, crucially, with each other. He demonstrates how commemoration works to reproduce the intracommunal conflicts that it claims to have overcome and interrogates its nuanced (and perhaps counterintuitive) function in conflict transformation.
Book Synopsis The Road to the Somme by : Philip Orr
Download or read book The Road to the Somme written by Philip Orr and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Irish soldiers of the Ulster Division who fought in the Battle of the Somme during World War I.
Book Synopsis Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by : Frank McGuinness
Download or read book Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme written by Frank McGuinness and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme was revived by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1994 as part of an acknowledgement of the peace process. The production was subsequently taken to the Edinburgh Festival in 1995 and opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Barbican Theatre, London, in March 1996.
Book Synopsis Ulster, Ireland and the Somme by : Catherine Switzer
Download or read book Ulster, Ireland and the Somme written by Catherine Switzer and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulster, Ireland and the Somme tells the story of the relationship between Ulster, Ireland and the Somme area of northern France, which has now endured for nearly a century. The 1916 Battle of the Somme is a key event in Irish memory of the Great War, and thousands of people from both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic visit the area each year, but the history of the landscape and the memorials they see has never been told in any detail until now.
Book Synopsis Whose Past is it Anyway by : Jude Collins
Download or read book Whose Past is it Anyway written by Jude Collins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next ten years – 2012-2022 – have been referred to as ‘the decade of centenaries’. This book focuses on three of those centenaries: the signing of the Ulster Covenant (2012), the Easter Rising (2016) and the Battle of the Somme (2016). It consists of sixteen extended interviews with politicians, artists and writers from the north and south of Ireland. (These have been re-written by the author in the style of ‘A Life in the Day of’ Sunday Times pieces.) Among those interviewed are An Taoiseach Enda Kenny (Irish Prime Minister), Gregory Campbell MP, Ian Paisley Jr MP, the author Roddy Doyle, the artist Robert Ballagh, Bernadette McAliskey, Mary Lou McDonald and Danny Morrison. Each interview begins with some thoughts on the interviewee’s background and introduction to politics; it goes on to explore their views on the significance of each of the historical events, how they might be commemorated, what opportunities and dangers these commemorations involve. While the core questions for each interview are the same, the responses are unique to each interviewee. Each interview, from these key figures, will be accompanied by a portrait image.
Book Synopsis The Irish on the Somme by : Michael MacDonagh
Download or read book The Irish on the Somme written by Michael MacDonagh and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting Irish written by Gavin Hughes and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting Irish is a meticulous and engaging account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment to the Great War effort from 1914-1918. Startling and sympathetic matters, from campaign strategy to the soldiers’ intimate war experiences, are addressed with fascinating documentary evidence and poignant eye-witness accounts. Persisting humour and unexpected trials; mounting reputations and the mundane drudgery of routine military life – all is touched upon in the lives of these men, and undercut by the pervasive loss of life. Whether fighting at Ypres, the Somme, Gallipoli, Kostorino or Nablus, the story of the Irish Regiments is compelling and evocative, with reasons for enlistment as varied as the men themselves. Though entrenched in warfare, many minds were set on the increasing unrest at home, swaying their interests and shaping the communications they left to posterity. Fighting Irish defines the diverse backgrounds of all those who served with the Irish regiments in these years, recounting their deeds through exacting historical research within a gripping and affecting narrative.
Book Synopsis Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by : Frank McGuinness
Download or read book Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme written by Frank McGuinness and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful and subtle play follows the experience of eight men who volunteer to serve in the 36th (Ulster) Division at the beginning of the First World War. It reaches a climax at the start of the terrible battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, the actual anniversary of the battle of the Boyne in 1690. The Somme, where the Ulster Division suffered heavy casualties, has, like the Boyne, come to have a sacred place in the Loyalist Protestant mind. It marks the Union sealed with blood. It stands for the ultimate test of Ulster's loyalty; a blood-sacrifice to match any made by Irish nationalists. 'Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme' was first performed at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1985.
Book Synopsis Irish Voices from the Great War by : Myles Dungan
Download or read book Irish Voices from the Great War written by Myles Dungan and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering study, first published in 1995, retains its rank as one of the most powerful histories ever written about Irish involvement in World War 1. This year, the centenary of the war, sees its timely re-publication as the Irishmen who fought in that war re-enter the national memory after decades of indifference and hostility. The gradual softening of attitudes over the last twenty years amid great historic change on the island of Ireland, is due in no small part to the efforts of historians, such as Myles Dungan, to tell thousands of forgotten stories. Drawing on the diaries, letters, literary works and oral accounts of soldiers, Myles Dungan tells some of the personal stories of what Irishmen, unionist and nationalist, went through during the Great War and how many of them drew closer together during that horror than at any time since. This volume deals with a selection of the most important battles and campaigns in which the three Irish Divisions participated.
Book Synopsis Ireland's Unknown Soldiers by : Terence Denman
Download or read book Ireland's Unknown Soldiers written by Terence Denman and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering study, originally published in 1992, remains the definitive history of the 16th (Irish) Division in the First World War. This year, the centenary of the outbreak of the war, sees its timely re-issue as the Irishmen who fought in that war re-enter the national memory after decades of indifference and hostility. Nearly 135,000 Irishmen volunteered and no less than three Irish divisions - the 10th (Irish), 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) - were formed from Irishmen, Catholic and Protestant, who responded to Lord Kitchener's call to arms. An estimated 35,000 Irish-born soldiers were killed before the armistice came in November 1918. Over 4,000 of those died with the 16th (Irish) Division. In Ireland's Unknown Soldiers Terence Denman tells the powerful story of the Irish Division whose largely Catholic, nationalist composition encapsulated the complexities that surrounded Irish involvement in First World War. Denman recalls the sombre, compelling story of the lesser-known 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front: gassed at Hulluch, victorious at Ginchy and Guillemont, the Division suffered heavy casualties in the carnage at the Somme, Messines Ridge and Passchendaele, before its final destruction in March 1918. Denman brings to life the extraordinary resilience and camaraderie of the men in the trenches and the tragedy of the thousands who made the ultimate sacrifice. This was the last chapter in the long history of the Catholic Irish soldier's contribution to the British army.
Book Synopsis Remembering 1916 by : Richard S. Grayson
Download or read book Remembering 1916 written by Richard S. Grayson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering analysis of how the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme have been remembered in Ireland since 1916.
Book Synopsis The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division by : Cyril Falls
Download or read book The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division written by Cyril Falls and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Irish on the Somme by : Michael MacDonagh
Download or read book The Irish on the Somme written by Michael MacDonagh and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Irish on the Somme: Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front'" by Michael MacDonagh is a poignant account of the Irish soldiers' experiences during World War I. MacDonagh's vivid and compassionate storytelling honors the bravery and sacrifices of these men who fought in the harrowing battles of the Somme. This second series builds on the first, delving deeper into the Irish contribution to the war effort, offering a compelling and heartfelt tribute to those who served their country with courage and determination.
Book Synopsis Ireland and the Great War by : Niamh Gallagher
Download or read book Ireland and the Great War written by Niamh Gallagher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 4 August 1914 following the outbreak of European hostilities, large sections of Irish Protestants and Catholics rallied to support the British and Allied war efforts. Yet less than two years later, the Easter Rising of 1916 allegedly put a stop to the Catholic commitment in exchange for a re-emphasis on the national question. In Ireland and the Great War Niamh Gallagher draws upon a formidable array of original research to offer a radical new reading of Irish involvement in the world's first total war. Exploring the 'home front' and Irish diasporic communities in Canada, Australia, and Britain, Gallagher reveals that substantial support for the Allied war effort continued largely unabated not only until November 1918, but afterwards as well. Rich in social texture and with fascinating new case studies of Irish participation in the conflict, this book has the makings of a major rethinking of Ireland's twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Ireland and the Great War by : Adrian Gregory
Download or read book Ireland and the Great War written by Adrian Gregory and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together new research whilst re-evaluating older assumptions about the immediate and continuing impact of World War I on Ireland. It explores some lesser-known aspects of Ireland’s war years as well as including studies of more traditional areas. Individual articles cover military, social, cultural, political, and economic aspects of the Great War, as well as reflecting on continuity and change within Irish historiography. In doing so, they analyze how the experience and memory of the War have contributed to identity formation and the legitimization of political violence.
Book Synopsis Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by :
Download or read book Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
