Maybe primary school is not the best place to learn about 1916

John Bruton is concerned about the appropriateness of army officers speaking in our primary schools about the 1916 Proclamation (Irish Examiner, January 23, 2016).

But the major, so far unanswered, question, really is: what are the children going to be told about the Proclamation?

Will it be presented to them reverentially as a sacred national text enshrining the ‘principles’ and ‘ideals’ of the insurgents? Or will it be critically analysed (by whom?) in context as an important historical document?