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Category Archives: Commemoration
As British as the Irish themselves
Recently, in conversation with a colleague, I remarked upon a concept which I felt was pretty straightforward. Cut and dry even. That as part of the British home islands, pre-independence Ireland was disproportionally policed. Now it was, there is no … Continue reading
Posted in 1916, 19h century, 20th century, Anglo-Irish War, Auxiliary Division, Black and Tans, Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, decolonisation, Empire, First World War, Insurgency, Ireland, Memory, Northern Ireland, Policing, Revisionism, revolutionary, Royal Irish Constabulary
Tagged britain, comforter, Empire, Firearms, governance, ireland, London, Policing, revolver, second city
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That’s a wrap!
I cannot tell you of the sheer unbridled joy (and yawns) that flow from a Call for Papers ending friends! You should never, ever offer to.run a conference! To that end, normal (ish) service will resume here in.about a month, … Continue reading
A Broad Church too far?
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taoiseach-should-visit-graves-of-british-soldiers-killed-in-1916-says-ex-tory-mp-1.2169232 Last week I wrote about the ‘bandwagoneering’ of the Easter Rising. This week’s blog is in a similar vein. The Commanding Officer of the Sherwood Forresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), some of the soldiers who helped suppress the Rising, … Continue reading
Posted in 1916, 20th century, Anglo-Irish War, Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, decolonisation, Empire, First World War, Ireland, Memory
Tagged 1916, Anglo-Irish, Army, britain, British, British Army, Commemoration, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, coup, coup d'etat, dominion, Easter Rising, eiri amach na casca, Europe, gallant allies in europe, Germany, Great War, history ireland, home rule, Irish Volunteers, mercian regiment, nottinghamshire and derbyshire regiment, Officer, putsch, robin hood, sherwood forrester, Ulster, ulster volunteer force, uprising, UVF
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There can be only One
The unkillable soldier http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30685433 The image that comes to most people’s mind when they imagine veterans, is that of venerable old men (and increasingly women), sitting with their medals showing, usually in a quiet room. Generally they are alone… The … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, First World War, Historian, Historiography, Insurgency, Ireland, Irish Defence Forces, Memory, Oglaigh na hEireann, Palestine, Post Traumatic Stress, PTSD, Revisionism, Second World War, United States, US Armed Forces, women
Tagged Anglo-Irish War, D-Day, First World War, IUNVA, Republic of Ireland, Robert fisk, veterans, Warrior
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Irish Home Rule and the First World War: A Video History by Ronan McGreevy
Irish Home Rule and the First World War This fantastic short video introduction to the topic of Irish Home Rule and the impact which the advent of the First World War had on it, is brought to you by … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, decolonisation, Empire, First World War, Historiography, Ireland, Memory
Tagged britain, First World War, history ireland, home rule, ireland, ronan mcgreevy, uk
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A Positive-Negative Development
Nationwide Photographic Programme Last Wednesday night’s Nationwide special brought to us by the Irish national broadcaster, rté, showcased a series of photographs which detail the lives lived by Irishmen and women who volunteered to serve in the Great … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Commemoration, First World War, France, Ireland, Memory
Tagged 1916, British Army, Chaplain, Father Eddie O'Donnell, Father Francis Browne, Irish Guards, Jesuits, Nationwide, Negatives, Passchendaelle, Photographs, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, RTE, Society of Jesus, Western Front, Ypres
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World War One battlefields 100 years on
World War One battlefields 100 years on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-28461026
Posted in Britain, Commemoration, First World War, France, Memory, United States
Tagged Bellau woods, Devil Dogs, memorial, Passchendaelle, shells, United States Marine Corps, Ypres
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Nationwide Once Again
Last night rté, Ireland’s national television station, broadcast the first of three shows dedicated to the tensions and histories of the men and women who gave their lives in what would become known as the First World War. The Nationwide programme … Continue reading
Posted in 1916, 20th century, Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, Empire, First World War, Ireland, Memory, Northern Ireland
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Remember the Alamo?
Phil Collins donates Alamo hoard http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28054287 Collection of military memorabilia is at an all time. With the natural rise in interest in the First World War with the centenary of that conflict rapidly approaching. In this case it’s Phil Collins … Continue reading
Posted in Archive, Commemoration, Conflict, Empire, Memory, United States
Tagged 4th of July, Alamo, America, First World War, Genesis, Great War, Houston, Independence Day, Lone Star State, Mexico, Phil Collins, Remember the Alamo, Santa Anna, Texas, United States, WW1
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Alba go Bráth?
Everyone Scottish child and adult knows that the Battle of Bannockburn was a famous victory for the Scottish over their persecutors the hated English. Or so the popular story goes…. But what was the Battle of Bannockburn really about? What … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, Memory
Tagged Alban go Bráth, Bannockburn, England, freedom, iScotland, Mel Gibson, Normans, Robert the Bruce, Scotland, William Wallace
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Rorke’s Drift heroes Immortalised
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27762901 It is quite sad to think that even though a tremendous action (is battle the right word here?) took place, scores killed and wounded on both sides, heroism unparalleled in modern history and what are we left with? A film, … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, Empire, Memory
Tagged Gonville Bromhead, Harlech, Isandlwana, John Chard, Michael Caine, No. 5 Field Company, rorke's drift, Royal Engineers, South Africa, Stanley Baker, Welsh, zulu
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Allez des Cauchemars
France’s forgotten Blitz http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27703724 Today marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Occupied France. The actual landings themselves were preceeded by a massive aerial bombardment of the Nazi held French coastal areas of Normandy. As many as 50,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, France, Second World War, United States
Tagged allies, Blitz, Bombing, Canada, Cauchemars, D-Day, Fortress Europe, France, Hitler, Nazi, Nightmares, Normandy, Occupied France, Operation Overlord, RAF, USAAF
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Rising Anger
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/centenary-will-breathe-life-into-old-rising-myths-30263185.html There is an unspoken hatred among historians, especially military historians and that is the myth! Mythology in Irish life is a fantastic and wonderful thing; it has shaped our existence, our cultural history and even influenced how we … Continue reading
Posted in 1916, Auxiliary Division, Britain, Commemoration, Conflict, decolonisation, Empire, First World War, Historiography, Insurgency, Ireland, Memory, Oglaigh na hEireann, Revisionism, revolutionary, Royal Irish Constabulary, women
Tagged 1916, Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tans, catholics, Diarmuid Ferriter, Dublin, Easter Rising, ireland, Joe Duffy, misconception, Moore Street, myth, protestants, quisling, revisionism, Somme, UCD, Ulster, William Mullen
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