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Category Archives: Revisionism
On Corrections
I am convinced that noone actually likes to correct their work. In over a decade working in the field of historical research, I have yet to encounter any scholar who revels in the idea, who insists on going home early … Continue reading
Posted in discussion, Historian, Historiography, Learning, Narrative, Research, Revisionism, The Historian, Thesis, Writing
Tagged corrections, definite article, editing, historian, peer review, preposition, synonym, Writing
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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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‘The Write Stuff’
The difficult part of blogging is not in the writing. Believe it or not having something to say has never been a hard thing for me to do! Rather it is to find (a) the time and (b) the right thing to … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Irish War, Auxiliary Division, Battlefield Archaeology, Conflict, discussion, First World War, Historian, Historiography, Ireland, Learning, Memory, Narrative, Post Traumatic Stress, Revisionism, Thesis, Writing
Tagged Anglo-Irish War, British Army, First World War, historian, ireland, Narrative, remembrance, shell shock, shunning, society, The Right Stuff, The Write Stuff, thesis, Writing, WW1
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The hardest part
What you don’t realise is that waiting is the hardest part. I don’t sleep anymore. Not really. I wait. Granted its in a bed and at night. It’s dark and quiet. The world has slipped to slumber. But it eludes … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Historian, Historiography, Learning, Memory, Revisionism, Thesis, Writing
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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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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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