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The First Step To A Nation? The Irish Postal Service And The Home Rule Crisis, Claire Fitzpatrick
The First Step To A Nation? The Irish Postal Service And The Home Rule Crisis, Claire Fitzpatrick
School of Society and Culture
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Dark Liturgy, Bloody Praxis: The 1916 Rising, James G. Murphy Sj
Dark Liturgy, Bloody Praxis: The 1916 Rising, James G. Murphy Sj
Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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To Die A Noble Death: Blood Sacrifice And The Legacy Of The Easter Rising And The Battle Of The Somme In Northern Ireland History, Anne L. Reeder
To Die A Noble Death: Blood Sacrifice And The Legacy Of The Easter Rising And The Battle Of The Somme In Northern Ireland History, Anne L. Reeder
History Honors Projects
In 1916, under the pressurized conditions of the Great War, two violent events transpired that altered the state of Anglo-Irish relations: the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme. These events were immediately transformed into examples of blood sacrifice for the two fundamentally opposed communities in Northern Ireland: Nationalists and Unionists. In 1969, Northern Ireland became embroiled in a civil war that lasted thirty years. The events of 1916 have been used to legitimize modern instances of violence. This paper argues, through the use of cultural texts, that such legitimization is the result of the creation of mythic histories.