eprintid: 140 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 30 dir: disk0/00/00/01/40 datestamp: 2018-01-08 15:41:06 lastmod: 2018-01-08 15:41:06 status_changed: 2018-01-08 15:41:06 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: O’Donohue, Brendan title: Remembering the Rising: Irish newspaper coverage of the 1966 and 2016 anniversaries of the 1916 Easter Rising. ispublished: submitted divisions: MAJ full_text_status: public keywords: 1916 anniversary, 1916 commemoration abstract: As he walked towards the Stonebreakers’ Yard in Kilmainham Gaol on 3rd May 1916, Patrick Pearse, the figurehead of the 1916 Easter Rising, was clear in his views that future generations would eventually look kindly upon the men and women who had struck at the heart of an Empire. Over the past century, those ‘unborn generations’ have been debating whether Pearse’s actions - and those of the men and women who fought alongside him that faithful week in April 1916 – were justifiable. Remembrance of historical events are a ‘collision between that which is fixed and that which is fluid’. (Higgins, 2016:7). In other words, there are a myriad of different way in which historical events can be viewed and -most salient to this study – be reported on. Fierce and heated debate about the legitimacy of the Easter Rising have raged for more than a century. This study examines this fierce debate through the prism of the Irish pint press at the occasion of two of its most anticipated anniversaries, the 50th anniversary in 1966 and the centenary in 2016. The study will attempt to compare these two commemorative chapters to ascertain whether the ‘unborn generations’ in 1966 viewed Pearce and his acolytes any differently than those fifty years later in 2016. Through the following questions, the study will endeavour to ascertain what was the media’s view of the 1916 Easter Rising a hundred years on from the event. The study will then look at historic articles from 1966 to show evolution of thought towards this seminal moment in Ireland’s. The questions are as follows: • How did the Irish print media cover the anniversaries of the Easter Rising in 1966 and 2016? • What were the difference in coverage between 1966 and 2016 (if any)? 2 • Has there been a change of perception of the Easter Rising in the print media since the fiftieth anniversary in 1966? The study will be divided into chapters. This first chapter will be a literature review which reviews the literature relevant to the subject matter – the Easter Rising. It will outline how historians, journalists and commentators alike have viewed the events of 1916 thought the past one hundred years – with particular focus upon two salient anniversaries, i.e. in 1966 and 2016. date: 2017 date_type: submitted institution: Griffith College department: Faculty of Journalism and Media Communications thesis_type: masters referencetext: Berelson, B. 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Y (2008), Content analysis of the World Wide Web: opportunity and challenges, University of Southern California, Sage Appendix Referenced articles Irish Times ‘Churches in N.I. fear disturbance', 16th March 1966, p.1 ‘Celebration parades in many towns', 18th March 1966, p.11 ‘T.E. viewers will see the G.A.A. pageant', 23rd March 1966, p.1 ‘A climate needed for culture', 23rd March 1966, p.11 ‘Minister bans commemoration parade in Derry', 7th April 1966, p.1 ‘Francis Sheehy-Skeffington: Portrait of a born revel', 7th April 1966, p.13 ‘Republican on home ground', 18th April 1966, p. 1 ‘Pearse and MacNeill not incompatible', 29th April 1966, p.10 ‘Dangerous dissidents “not on the scale or at the pace of the past”, says Kerr', 12th March 2016, p.7 ‘Hand painted Republic flag is prime piece in Rising exhibition', 15th March 2016, p.4 ‘Child homeless figures may reach 3000-McVerry', 15th March 2016, p.5 ‘Looking at 1916 through the eyes of 1966', 17th March 2016, p.4 ‘Glorious Days: my grandfather's Rising', 25th March 2016, p.12 ‘Nurses played great part in easing Rising wounds of war', 29th March 2016, p.34 ‘Roles unions played in 1916 still relevant in Luas dispute', 16th April 2016, p.14 Irish Independent ‘Warning against narrow appeal of 1916 Jubilee', 21st March 1966, p.5 ‘Arbour Hill a “holy spot”', 25th April 1966, p.14 ‘Ceannt plaque unveiled', 9th May 1966, p.7 ‘New monument to Thomas Davis', Dublin 14th March 1966, p.11 ‘Kilmainham's “hallowed spot”', 11th April 1966, p.14 ‘Left jubilee committee', 25th March 1966, p.14 ‘Veterans of War of Independence see Ceremony', 12th April 1966, p.6 ‘Extremists threat led to ban', 16th April 1966, p.1 ‘Belfast police may take steps to remove parade clash danger', 14th April 1966, p.1 ‘An all Irish parliament for unity', 18th April 1966, p.8 ‘Forgotten Ambush', 27th February 2016, p. 61 ‘Grand coalition would honour spirit of 1916', 29th February 2016, p.7 ‘” Artist of streets” paints 1916 GPO action', 11th March 2016, p.23 ‘Proclamation Day: Schools around the country…', 15th March 2016, p.12 ‘The “All Ireland behind barbed wire” to be replayed in rural Wales', 26th March 2016, p.5 ‘England faces its Sinn Fein moment of going “Ourselves Alone”', 28th March 2016, p.47 ‘Higgins: Britain needs to examine its history', 29th March, p.2 ‘Sinn Fein try to rewrite history by linking Rising to Provisionals', 18th April 2016, p.6 ‘Shakespearean Rising: Pearse's love of the Bard', 23rd April 2016, p.23 Sunday Independent ‘The jubilee ceremonies in Cork', 3rd April 1966, p.2 ‘President's 1916 tribute', 10th April 1966, p.1 ‘Garden fit for heroes', 17th April 1966, p.9 ‘Connolly as prisoner', 24th April 1966, p.3 ‘In memory of 1916 officer', 1st May 1966, p.4 ‘IRA dissidents may target 1916 commemorations', 20th March 2016, p.6 ‘Just who was Constance, the misunderstood countess', 20th March 2016, p.27 ‘Higgins: We have not achieved the dreams of the Rising leaders', 27th March 2016, p.3 ‘Don't blame the housing crisis on the Constitution', 3rd April 2016, p.15 Michael D doesn't speak for us, as he should, but speaks for himself', 3rd April 2016, p.25 ‘1916 women's conference at Lissadell', 17th April 2016, p.2 ‘Gardai fear trouble as Sinn Fein and dissidents plan Dublin rallies', 17th April 2016, p.10 Irish Press ‘Women of the Rising: Louise Gavan Duffy', 23rd March 1966, p.14 ‘In the Provinces', 8th April 1966, p.22 citation: O’Donohue, Brendan (2017) Remembering the Rising: Irish newspaper coverage of the 1966 and 2016 anniversaries of the 1916 Easter Rising. Masters thesis, Griffith College. document_url: http://go.griffith.ie/140/1/Brendan%20O%27Donohue%20MAJ%20DISSERTATION.pdf document_url: http://go.griffith.ie/140/2/bibliography.txt