Synopses & Reviews
This book explores the tensions between memory and forgetting in twentieth-century Ireland.
Review
"This work is a groundbreaking study and an excellent contribution to Irish historiography." Journal of Military History
About the Author
Anne Dolan is Research Fellow in Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction: civil war and the politics of memory, 1923 2000; 1. The elephant on Leinster Lawn: a cenotaph to civil war; 2. âHistory will record the greatness of Collinsâ: Michael Collins and the politics of memory; 3. The forgotten president: the awkward memory of Arthur Griffith; 4. âWho is the fool Pat?â: soldiers and the selective memory of civil war; 5. âShows and stunts are all that is the thing nowâ: ceremony and the collective memory of conflict; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.