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Historical Perspectives – Providing Context
| ‘Remembering: Our Shared Legacy From The First World War’ Éamon Baker (Ed.) YES! Publications (2009)ISBN: 978-1-873832-40-0 | The First World War and its legacy are revisited through this compilation of unique and insightful interviews. Told in the words of those who know what it is to have lost a family member, these poignant and deeply personal accounts are illustrated by contemporary photographs, letters, posters, documents and memorabilia. Part social history, part tribute, this book captures like no other the devastation of war and the impact on succeeding generations in the North West of Ireland. | |
| ‘A History of Ulster’ Jonathan Bardon Published by Blackstaff Press, Ltd. (1992) ISBN: 0-8560-476-4 | ‘A History of Ulster’ achieves what few other books have attempted – a comprehensive account of the province, spanning nine thousand years of social, political and economic life. | |
| ‘Portavo: An IrishTownland and Its Peoples, Part Two: The Famine To the Present’ Peter Carr White Row Press (2005) ISBN: 1-870132-31-1 | Part two offers more social, political and cultural thrills and spills as the townland steers its way through the great milestones of recent Irish history, providing us with a worm’s-eye perspective on everything from the Famine to the Troubles. | |
| ‘Armagh and the Great War’ Colin Cousins History Press Ireland, Ltd. (2011) ISBN: 978-1845887117 | In 1914, County Armagh represented a microcosm of Ireland, with an industrialised, urban north, and a largely rural, agricultural south. It was also the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland and the birthplace of Orangeism. This book is the first detailed exploration of how the people of one of the six northern Irish counties endured the Great War. At a time when Ireland is re-examining the nature of its involvement in the Great War, historian Colin Cousins looks at this question from a Unionist perspective, and what emerges is a challenge to perceptions of a simple enthusiasm, patriotism and loyalty. | |
‘Cultural Traditions in Richard S. Grayson, Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War (London: Continuum, 2009 and revised paperback 2010). | In plural societies, where the variety of cultural traditions has the potential for fuelling antagonisms, the accommodation of differences is crucial. This book suggests ways, both institutional and informal, in which knowledge and appreciation of different traditions, can help remove fear, engender confidence and enrich community life.
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| ‘Orangeism: The Making of a Tradition’ Kevin Haddick-FlynnISBN: 0-86327-659-8 | From the origins of the House of Orange in Europe through to the crowning of William of Orange as King of England, the Williamite Wars in Ireland, the days of Carson and Craig, and the fall of Stormont in 1972, Kevin Haddick-Flynn traces the march of Orangeism right up to modern times. | |
| ‘A Past Apart: Studies In the History of Catholic Belfast 1850-1950’ A.C. Hepburn Ulster Historical Foundation (1996) ISBN: 0-901905-72-0 Women in Ireland - a century of change Myrtle Hill Blackstaff Press (2003) ISBN: 0-85640-740-2 | Like ethnic minorities in other divided cities, the history of Belfast’s Catholic community is quite distinct from that of the local majority. A Past Apart is the first book to focus directly on that history/.
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| ‘Ireland and the Great War’ Keith Jeffery Cambridge University Press (2000) ISBN: 978-521773232 | This book explores the impact, both immediate and in its longer historical perspective, of the First World War upon Ireland across the broadest range of experience - nationalist, unionist, Catholic, Protestant - and in civilian social, economic and cultural terms, as well as purely military. Underscoring the work is a belief that the Great War is the single most central experience in twentieth-century Ireland and that the events of the war years, whether at home in Dublin during the Easter Rising or at the European battlefront, constitute a 'seamless robe' of Irish experience. | |
| ‘The GPO and the Easter Rising’ Keith Jeffery Irish Academic Press, Ltd. (2006) ISBN: 978-0716528289 | All existing accounts of the GPO in 1916 concentrate on the Volunteers who occupied the building on Easter Monday. But what of those Dubliners and others who were working in the Post Office that morning? Their experiences have been largely ignored in all the subsequent historiography. While not neglecting the rebels, this book tells their story too, using hitherto unpublished material drawn from the treasure-trove of documents relating to the Rising held in the British Post Office Archives, which has remained unexplored for ninety years and never before exploited by historians. | |
| ‘The Unkindest Cut: A Cartoon History of Ulster 1900-2000’ John Killen Blackstaff Press, Ltd. (2000) ISBN: 978-0856406829 | Ulster's 20th century was, to say the least, eventful, with the home rule crisis, partition from the south of Ireland, two world wars, depressions, recessions and recurring outbreaks of civil conflict. Through it all, political cartoonists kept up a running commentary on events and personalities - Carson, Devlin, O'Neill, Hume, Adams and Trimble. Their cartoons reveal the prejudices, suspicions and sheer absurdities that the situation has engendered over the years. This volume presents historian John Killen's selection of around 140 cartoons, together with his captions and text. | |
| ‘Remembering a Decade of Change and Violence: 1912-1922’Johnston McMaster (in partnership with Maureen Hetherington and The Junction)The Junction (2011) ISBN: 978-1-873832-42-4 | This booklet represents an overview of the decade 1912-1922. Rather than an in-depth treatment, it explores the decade as a whole and the inter-relationships between all the key events. | |
| ‘Ulster Covenant and Easter Proclamation: The Shared Values of Religio-Political Documents’ Johnston McMaster (in partnership with Maureen Hetherington and The Junction) The Junction (2011) ISBN: 978-1-873832-45-5 | This booklet provides a succinct examination of the Ulster Covenant and Easter Proclamation, assessing comparable and contrasting how religious sentiments were applied to the promulgation of each document on both sides of the religious and political divide in the years before partition. | |
‘A Beleaguered Station: The Memoir of Head Constable John McKenna, 1891-1921’ Picking up the Linen Threads - Life in Ulster's Mills | This book offers a unique insight into troubled times in the north of Ireland spanning the Home Rules crisis of 1912-1914, the 1916 Rising and the violence surrounding partition. The author, John McKenna, was a Catholic head constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary during this momentous period.
Life was tough in Ulster's linen mills and factories in the early part of this century: conditions were harsh, injury and illness were commonplace and money was usually tight. But there was always fun and crack going on alongside the hard work of scutching, hackling, spinning and weaving - songs, stories, rhymes, riddles, nicknames, initiation ceremonies and practical jokes. | |
| ‘Newry’s War Dead, 1914-1918, 1939-1945’ Colin Moffett (Ed.) Newry and Mourne District Council (2002) ISBN: 978-0900903414 | This book provides extensive biographical information of Newry’s casualties during the two world wars, including pictures, memorabilia and accounts of family members. | |
| ‘Carrickfergus, Whitehead and the Great War’ Philip Orr Carrickfergus Borough Council through Mid-Antrim Museums Service (2010) ISBN: 978-0-9543478-3-3 | With this new book Philip (Orr) turns his attention to the impact made by the conflict on another nearby part of the county, and to the tragic consequences for so many local families in Carrickfergus and Whitehead who lost loved ones in a war whose reverberations can still be felt today. | |
‘New Perspectives: Politics, Religion and Conflict in Mid-Antrim 1911-1914’ Smashing Times - A history of the Irish Women's Suffrage Movement 1889-1922 | This publication aims to encourage constructive investigation and debate on a critical moment in Ulster’s history, one that represents a milestone in the road to the creation of the Northern Ireland state. New Perspectives presents new, unpublished source material which, in conjunction with other contemporary sources, offers fresh insights into the local experience of the 1911-1914 period.
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| ‘Conflicts In the North of Ireland 1900-2000’ Alan Parkinson and Éamon Phoenix (Eds.)Four Courts Press (2010) ISBN: 978-1-84682-189-9 | This collection of essays looks at aspects of conflict and polarization in the north of Ireland during the twentieth century and illustrates that division was never far from the surface in northern society. Though dealing with specific and very different individuals and topics, the seventeen essays in this collection often overlap, sharing linked themes or trends.
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| ‘A Century of Northern Life: The Irish News and 100 Years of Ulster History’ Éamon Phoenix (Ed.) Ulster Historical Foundation (1995) ISBN: 0901905704 | The last century has been a momentous one in the history of the north of Ireland. Politically it saw the Home Rule crises, partition, the creation of Northern Ireland and the recent 'Troubles'. Economically, it has been a century of change while socially, it has experienced far-reaching developments in education, health, community relations, the churches, culture, the Irish language and sport. The century spans the development of the Irish News whose columns have chronicled these unfolding dramas since its birth in 1891. This book traces the story of Ulster from the 1890s with contributions by specialists and graphic illustrations. It will interest the general reader and scholar alike. | |
| ‘Feis na nGleann: A Century of Gaelic Culture in the Antrim Glens’ Éamon Phoenix Ulster Historical Foundation (2005) ISBN: 978-1903688496 | This book traces the origins of Feis na nGleann in that 'crease in time' between Parnell and the 1916 Rising. In a series of scholarly chapters, experts profile the historic founders of the Feis and record the history of Irish in the district. There are special sections on the traditional arts and crafts fostered by the Feis, the once famous Glens toy-making industry, the role of hurling and the rich literary legacy of the Feiseanna.
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| ‘Northern Nationalism: Nationalist Politics, Partition and the Catholic Minority In Northern Ireland 1890-1940’ Éamon Phoenix Ulster Historical Foundation (1994) ISBN: 0901905550 | This book examines the development of Irish nationalism and nationalist politics in the north during a fifty-year period centred on the 1912-1922 decade. | |
| ‘Cultural Traditions in Northern Ireland: Varieties of Britishness’ Keith Robbins Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast (1990) ISBN: 0-85389-342 | This book provides an important insight into the debate on the importance of different cultural traditions in the community. It records the proceedings of the second Cultural Traditions Group Conference, at which individuals drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and interests, debated the role of diverse traditions in the media, education, law and administration, sport, and business and commerce.
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‘The 6th Connaught Rangers: Belfast Nationalists and the Great War’ Unmanageable Revolutionaries - Women and Irish Nationalism | Until recently the military record of Belfast nationalists in World War One was a part of this City’s hidden history. ... (T)his book seeks to assist the renewed and growing interest in this important part of nationalist history that lay for decades in the shaded margins of contemporary historical events.
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Contemporary Perspectives – Marking Anniversaries
| ‘Ardoyne: The Untold Truth’Ardoyne Commemoration Project BTP Publications, Ltd. (2002)ISBN: 1-900960-17-6 | This book commemorates the dead through the voices of those who knew them best and those who witnessed the terrible events which Adroyne experienced during the various phases of the conflict. It is a remarkable, and at times painful, record of a much maligned and marginalised community. | |
| ‘The Troubles Aren’t History Yet: Young People’s Understanding of the Past’ John Bell, Ulf Hanson and Nick McCaffery Community Relations Council (2010) ISBN: 978-1-898276-45-6 | This publication reports on research conducted on how and where young people in Northern Ireland learn about the past and explores what they know of both recent and historical events. Almost 1000 young people were involved in the surveys and discussions. The conclusions make essential reading for education providers. The future challenge for them will be the broaden young people’s knowledge of the past in a way that does not simply reinforce a perception of parallel histories that only intersect through acts of violence. | |
| ‘Briefing On Human Rights Issues and the “Decade of Anniversaries”’ Daniel Holder Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission | Addresses potential human rights issues relating to commemorative events in the coming decade, focusing on freedom of expression and assembly and the positive duties of the public authorities. | |
| ‘Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation’Dermot Keogh and Michael Haltzel (Eds.)Cambridge University Press (1993) ISBN: 0-521-45933-8 | Distinguished experts make a fresh contribution to the scholarly debate on Northern Ireland in this book, which offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary overview of the subject. | |
| ‘Building the Peace: Good Practice in Community Relations Work in Northern Ireland’ John Lampen Community Relations Council (1995) ISBN:1-898276-08-0 | It is hoped that this publication will not only serve as a description of community relations work but will also be helpful as a point of learning. Those who have contributed offer some “nuggets of wisdom” which should be valued by anyone interested in the practical and constructive work of addressing the divisions in Northern Ireland. | |
| ‘Memorials to the Casualties of Conflict: Northern Ireland 1969 to 1997’ Jane Leonard Cultural Diversity Programme of the Community Relations Council (1997) ISBN: 1-898276-16-1 | This report surveys the landscape of conflict commemoration in contemporary Northern Ireland. It was originally commissioned in 1995 as a background document on options for a peace memorial. | |
| This booklet examines the role of Northern Ireland’s contemporary religious institutions in meeting the need for shared, cross-community remembering. | |
| ‘Peace Building Through Reconciliation in Northern Ireland’Mervyn T. Love Avebury (1995) ISBN: 1-85972-136-2 | This book analyses the role of reconciliation groups in Northern Ireland focusing on the Corrymeela Community and looks at their implications for Conflict Resolution Theory. | |
| ‘My Roots: Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors’ By William Roulston with Siobhan Deane Ulster Historical Foundation | This booklet is designed to be an introduction to the sources available for researching Belfast ancestors and where they can be found. It is aimed at those starting out in their quest to find out more about their family history and the history of their local community. | |
| ‘Remembrance’ Gordon Lucy and Elaine McClure (Eds.) Ulster Society (Publications) Limited (1997) ISBN: 1-872076-37-8 | This publication, a compilation of 70 short contributions drawn from Northern Ireland, Europe and North America, explores the wide range of emotions and responses to which Remembrance gives rise. The book is intended to promote informed and intelligent debate and to encourage a greater degree of mutual understanding. | |
| ‘Recent Research on Teaching History in Northern Ireland: Informing Curriculum Change’ Alan McCully (Ed.) UNESCO Centre, University of Ulster (2007) | This booklet aims to encourage a forum for informed debate amongst the NI history-teaching community and to provide a context for history departments in the future. Of particular note is ‘National Identity and the History Curriculum in Northern Ireland’ by Alan McCully and Keith C. Barton, which examines how young people conceptualise their identity in relation to history, and how the teaching of history can impact this sense of identity. | |
| ‘Cultural Connections: Encouraging Cultural Awareness’ Project supported and managed by North East PEACE III Partnership for the Special EU Programmes Body Mid-Antrim Museums Service and Causeway Museum Service (2009) | This booklet provides an overview of the elements, projects and resources involved in the Cultural Connections Programme. The programme aimed to demonstrate how heritage and museum activities can bring communities from across the North East together. Of particular interest is the section ‘Images of Ireland’, which takes a closer look at Irish history, literature, art, language and government.
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| ‘Cultural Fusions: Indigenous and Ethnic Minority, Culture and Arts Peace Building Programme’ Project supported and managed by North East PEACE III Partnership for the Special EU Programmes Body Mid-Antrim Museums Service and Causeway Museum Service (2009) | This booklet has been developed in order to give an overview of the different elements, projects and resources delivered during the Cultural Fusions Programme. Cultural Fusions uses arts and culture to provide the people of the North East with a diverse and creative peace and reconciliation programme. |
Leaflets and Websites
| ‘Explaining the History of Flags & Emblems’ Quincy Dougan REACT (2011) | Comprehensive overview of what the relevant flags and emblems are; why they are important, how they entered the popular consciousness and what they mean to the members of the respective communities. | |
| The Nerve Centre Site available at: http://www.nerve-centre.org.uk/ | The Nerve Centre was established in 1990 as a focal point for youth culture in Derry, Northern Ireland's second city. It is heavily involved in the use of the arts to build cross-community bridges for young people. In addition to organising theatre, cinema and live music ventures, the Nerve Centre has also published several innovative, educational DVDs which address Irish history. | |
Novels
| ‘The Long, Long Way’ Sebastian BarryFaber and Faber (2006) ISBN: 978-0571218011 | This novel addresses one of the seldom-discussed aspects of Irish history; the juxtaposition of Irishmen fighting for the British army during the First World War while others fought against the British during the Easter Rising. The protagonist is an Irishman enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. |
| ‘A Star Called Henry’Roddy Doyle Jonathan Cape, Ltd. (1999) ISBN: 978-0224060196 | The story of an IRA assassin named Henry Smart, who participates in the Easter Rising and crosses paths with several of the key figures involved in the conflict. |
| ‘The Knife: A Story of Irish Troubles’Peader O’Donnell O’Brien Press, Ltd. (1980) ISBN: 978-0906462034 | In the border territory of Donegal Protestant farmers of the rich Lagan Valley confront the hill-farmers of Catholic Gaeldom, driven out from the lands their ancestors once owned. There is consternation as a Catholic family, the Godfrey Dhus, buys into the Protestant enclave. In far-off Dublin the Easter Rising takes place, and the 'Troubles Times' spread through the Irish countryside. Insurrection is followed by Civil War. 'Knife' Godfrey Dhu is at the centre of the fight on the Republican side and fiery red-headed Nuala Godfrey Dhu is its inspiration. She is courted by Catholic Phil Byrne, Protestant Sam Rowan and the wistful, fair-minded Doctor Henry. |
