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The Arts Past and Present
Ireland - for iPad/Mac/PC
Do we use our buildings to declare who we are? How far does our heritage influence our collective identity? This insightful album reveals Ireland's shifting attitudes towards its cultural heritage. In 1922 when it broke free of British rule to become an independent nation state, the Irish nationalists abandoned high-profile buildings like Dublin Castle as it was symbolic of their British oppressors, and it fell into ruin. Yet they proudly restored older sites like Cashel and New Grange, which is even older than the pyramids, to emphasise an earlier romantic Irish past. In doing so they...
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Very good
I Really liked this presentation. The only thing I would have liked is for it to be longer, more in depth, and with more expansion on each of the areas touched on. The idea of cultural heritage is vitally important in places that have long been under colonial domination and oppression - and that...Read full review »
15AG via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/30/15
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