The "memories" of Oliver Cromwell arrived with immigrants to the US and proceeded to scatter and take on hybrid forms in a new world whose conflicts served as an extension of the old. Writes Sarah Covington author of "The Devil from over the Sea: Remembering and Forgetting Oliver Cromwell in Ireland."
By Heidi Trautmann…. We were world travellers for one evening, one moment we believed to be in one of the charming ‘boites de nuit’ in Montparnasse, or in England, even in Japan, and was it in Tataristan for one or two songs?.. and finally, when the special guest, Hugh O’Neill joined in… in Ireland. Taliya…
<p>Brian Friel's play "Making History" wasn't faithful to the facts of the life of Hugh O'Neill, a 16th century chieftain who had symbolized Irish resistance to colonization. But, as an influential artist, Friel purposefully substituted myths of cultural hybridity for myths of nationalism to make the negotiation of peace palatable to his friends in politics.</p>
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