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| Titre : | Irish public histories as an historiographical problem (2010) |
| Auteurs : | John REGAN, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol 37 n 146 2010) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 265-292 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | |
| Résumé : | It is now almost impossible to reflect upon the historical reputations of Eamon de Valera and Michael Collins whithout considering the recent war in Northern Ireland (c. 1969-97) and the challenges to Irish identities it has induced. In the Republic this is evident in the movement away from irredentist nationalism toward official recognition of partition, following a constitutional referendum in 1998. Against a similarly barometric historiography, de Valera and Collins's historical representations have transformed. De Valera, it is clear, long since fell from favour among mainstream nationalists. Conversely, in the last four decades Collins has been the subject of a sometimes astonishing celebrity. Around him has grown a body of popular history, its mainstay an ever-expanding biographical corpus. While all this is apparent, the shifting contexts wherein reputations rise and fall remain far from well understood |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Mention de responsabilité : | John M. Regan |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
