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1916 in 2016: personal reflections of an Irish historian
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2018
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Editors’ note: This article, and the preceding one by Alvin Jackson, were commissioned. The authors were invited to reflect on the manner in which the Easter Rising of 1916 has been interpreted and commemorated.
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