Like so many industries dependent on tourism, heritage tourism has bended to the whims of materialistic masses and made a commodity of history.

As long as people have been willing to shell out a little cash for

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McManus, Ruth and Gerry O’Reilly. “Heritage Tourism and the Commodification of Contested Spaces: Ireland and the Battle of the Boyne Site.” In Heritage and Tourism in Britain and Ireland. Edited by Glenn Hooper, 53-69. London: Palgrave MacMillan UK, 2017.

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