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Tag Archives: Commemoration
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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Germany’s forgotten war
Germany’s forgotten war http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26368633 War service and sacrifice commemorations are a difficult business in Germany at the best of times. Commemorating the Great War can only be fraught with difficulties.
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Tagged Commemoration, First World War, Germany, Great War, war, WW1
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Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on Commemorating Kilmichael
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on Commemorating Kilmichael A well written article exploring the minefield that is the proposed commemorative tribute to the Auxiliary Division, at the site of the Kilmichael Ambush.
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