Who Fears to Speak of '98?: Commemoration and the Continuing Impact of the United Irishmen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781903688236)

The Rebellion of 1798 was one of the most crucial events in modern Irish history, and the bicentenary commemorations throughout Ireland in 1998 provided much new understanding of an issue that has, down the years, been as divisive as it has been formative. Peter Collins provides here an absorbing and sensitively handled account of the changing nature of how the rebellion has been commemorated over the last 200 years. A particularly helpful feature of this book is the detailed almanac it provides of the commemorative bicentary events held throughout the island of Ireland in 1998. They were notable not only for quality of their output but also, encouragingly, for their inclusivity. For the most part, this time commemoration of '98 was an activity in which people found a common purpose rather than the source of divisiveness it had tended to be in years gone by.

Author: Peter Collins
ISBN-10: 190368823X
ISBN-13: 9781903688236
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback