Former taoisigh Éamon de Valera and John A Costello having the Freedom of the City of Dublin conferred upon them at a ceremony in the Mansion House, Dublin, in March 1975. Photograph: Eddie Kelly
From Crown to Harp: How the Anglo-Irish Treaty was undone, 1921-1949 Author : David McCullagh ISBN-13 : 9781804581469 Publisher : Gill Books Guideline Price : €26.99
During the commemoration of our independence struggle, the foundation of the State and the Civil War, a new generation of historians gave us an opportunity to look again at events we thought we knew. They have shown us a scale of complexity and nuance which had been missing for so long from a narrative which focused on simplistic presentations of a handful of personalities.
What we still have much to learn about is how the new State developed in the years afterwards.
Social historians have led the way, showing the terrible impact of defensive sectarianism and the lack of diversity – som
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