Historians look at Ulster from 1912 up to 1922, the year after the formation of Northern Ireland, in a new book of essays
A volume of essays by Northern Ireland historians focusing on events and people from the Decade of Anniversaries period (1912-22) will be published this month.
The book, ‘Ulster 1912-22 – Change, Controversy & Conflict,’ edited by Dr Alan F Parkinson and Professor Brian Walker, is dedicated to the memory of three distinguished historians – Jonathan Bardon, George Boyce and Eamon Phoenix.
Dr Bardon died in 2020, Professor Boyce the same year, and Dr Phoenix two years later, in 2022.
‘Ulster 1912-22 – Change, Controversy & Conflict’ will be available shortly in bookshops (£19.99). It is due to be published by the Ulster Historical Foundation, launched at the foundation’s headquarters in Newtownards on Tuesday September 17 at 6pm.
There are 14 essays including by Professor (Lord) Paul Bew, Professor Brian Walker, Dr Brian Barton, Dr Cormac Moore, Professor Heather Jones, Professor Neil Fleming and Alan F Parkinson.
Dr Parkinson said: “We also have essays from the late Eamon Phoenix and the late Professor Richard McMinn who was principal of Stranmillis College. Paul Bew will be one of the speakers at the event when we also expect the attendance of family members of those who we are remembering. The essays are a combination of themes, personalities and events from that pivotal period in the history of Northern Ireland, 1912 to 22. We also look at things that are little bit more obscure. Brian Barton, for example, looks at Rev John Redmond, an east Belfast clergyman and peacemaker from the unionist tradition, unrelated to the famous nationalist John Redmond but who by coincidence tended to the latter’s dying brother in the Great War.”