Chapter 8. The UDA Sandy Row Memorial Garden: Attempting a Narrative of Symbolic Accretion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Tables x
5. Foreword xi
6. Acknowledgements xvi
7. List of Abbreviations xviii
8. Introduction: Memorials as Silent Extras or Scripted Actors? 1
9. Chapter 1. Collective Memory and the Politics of Memorialization: A Theoretical Overview 11
10. Chapter 2. The Armalite and the Paintbrush: A Brief History of Memorialization of the Troubles in Northern Ireland 27
11. Chapter 3. The ‘Landscape of Memorialization’ in Belfast: Spatial and Temporal Reflections 47
12. Chapter 4. The ‘Memory Makers’ and the Projection of Narratives of the Troubles 66
13. Chapter 5. The Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden: Constructing a Dominant Republican Narrative 87
14. Chapter 6. The IRSP/INLA Teach Na Fáilte Memorial Committee: Constructing a Sectional Republican Narrative 109
15. Chapter 7. The 1913 UVF and the Myth of the Somme: Constructing a Loyalist ‘Golden Age’ 128
16. Chapter 8. The UDA Sandy Row Memorial Garden: Attempting a Narrative of Symbolic Accretion 150
17. Chapter 9. Dissecting Consensus: ‘Memory Receivers’ and the Narrative’s ‘Hidden Transcript’ 172
18. Chapter 10. The Memory of the Dead: Seeking Common Ground? 194
19. Appendix A: List of Memorials 202
20. Appendix B: Emblems and Flags 218
21. Bibliography 221
22. Index 247