Complicated Pasts, Promising Futures

This overview article explores the nature of public history on island Ireland, discussing current trends in Republic Ireland and Northern Ireland. Family digital are highly popular ways engaging with past, both among Irish diaspora, who have a voracious appetite for their heritage. Given that contains postcolonial society (Republic Ireland) post-conflict one (Northern attention is given to these difficult pasts engaged by communities, through examining histories Mother Baby Homes, The Troubles, dark tourism. also briefly comments involved history. Academic historians at state local levels, often turned as experts field, but grassroots projects which offer participatory doing growing. emphasizes high levels engagement publics history, however, it suggests radical method ‘doing history’ still its relative infancy.