James W. McAuley is Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of Huddersfield, Visiting Professor in Political Sociology at Leeds Beckett University and Honorary Research Fellow in Political Psychology at Liverpool Hope University.

• Preface.- Introduction Collective remembering and the power of commemoration.- Chapter 1. Engaging the present through the past.- Chapter 2. Identity, commemoration, remembering and forgetting.- Chapter 3.The active use of narratives in collective memory.- Chapter 4. Imagined communities and community imaginations.- Chapter 5. Localised narratives the construction of community myths.- Chapter 6. Popular cultures, memory performance and using memory.- Chapter 7. Transnational memories and generational change.- Chapter 8. Legacy, victimhood and the possibility of change.- Conclusion. Collective memory, narrative, politics and identity in Northern Ireland: some conclusions.

James W. McAuley is Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of Huddersfield, Visiting Professor in Political Sociology at Leeds Beckett University and Honorary Research Fellow in Political Psychology at Liverpool Hope University.

• Preface.- Introduction Collective remembering and the power of commemoration.- Chapter 1. Engaging the present through the past.- Chapter 2. Identity, commemoration, remembering and forgetting.- Chapter 3.The active use of narratives in collective memory.- Chapter 4. Imagined communities and community imaginations.- Chapter 5. Localised narratives the construction of community myths.- Chapter 6. Popular cultures, memory performance and using memory.- Chapter 7. Transnational memories and generational change.- Chapter 8. Legacy, victimhood and the possibility of change.- Conclusion. Collective memory, narrative, politics and identity in Northern Ireland: some conclusions.