Profile The 1916 commemorations: A year of resonance

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Age: one year old

Appearance: seemingly bland exterior hiding a vibrant, beating heart

Newsworthiness:2016’s year-long celebration of the troubled birth of the state has enabled communities to finally take ownership of their own history

Walking to school one morning last spring, I let the eight-year-old daughter wander on in front. Suddenly, a woman let a roar from an upstairs window: “Who’s that singing?”

I started to apologise – I hadn’t realised she ...