Remembering the Dead: Roadside Memorials in Ireland

At the Interface: Probing the Boundaries

Volumn 58, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-155

  MacConville, Una ^a   McQuillan, Regina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

bereavement; culture; remembrance; Roadside memorials; sacred space; tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85180296426     PISSN: 15707113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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