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Family histories of the Irish Revolution
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By: Pat Dolan, Ciara Boylan, Sarah-Anne Buckley
Publisher: Four Courts Press Ltd
Published: December 2017
Pages: 288
Categories: Humanities
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781846826825
ASIN: 1846826829

Some of the stories from current and retired staff at NUI Galway have been buried for generations, and their publication sheds new light on the complex politics of memory in post-independence Ireland. They tell of the famous – Peadar O’Donnell, Tom Kettle and the Sheehy-Skeffingtons – and the forgotten, including accounts of nationalists and unionists, British army soldiers and Irish Volunteers, members of Cumann na mBan and the RIC. The contributions discuss how family history and memory was imparted, and aim to explore the legacy of this on succeeding generations. An introduction from the editors, a foreword by President Michael D. Higgins on ethics and memory, and a background chapter from Gearoid Ó Tuathaigh weave together key themes, including gender, memory, violence, reconciliation and family history.

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