The intergenerational legacies of conflict create a context of partiality for those children who inherit the trauma of their parents. Taking the concept of the ‘hinge generation’ (Hoffman, 2004 Hoffman, E. 2004. After Such Knowledge: Memory, History and the Legacy of the Holocaust . New York: Public Affairs. [Google Scholar]) and postmemory (Hirsch, 2008 Hirsch, M. 2008. The Generation of Postmemory. Poetics Today , 29(1):103–128.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), this article examines how mid-century Irish fiction navigates the inheritance of the volatile period of the First World War, the War of Independence and the Civil War. Considering the ways in which memory theory and literary strategy are deployed to reflect the social, political and individual consequences of conflict, this article argues that Elizabeth Bowen’s A World of Love, William Trevor’s Fools of Fortune and Mary Leland’s The Killeen illustrate the long reach of the past across twentieth-century Irish society.

代际冲突的遗产为那些继承了父母创伤的孩子创造了偏爱的环境。接受“铰链一代”的概念（霍夫曼，2004年 霍夫曼，E. 2004年。知识渊博之后：大屠杀的记忆，历史和遗产。纽约：公共事务。 [Google Scholar]）和后记忆（Hirsch，2008年 Hirsch，M. 2008年。后记忆的产生。今日诗论，29（1）：103 – 128。[Crossref]，[Web ofScience®]和[  Google Scholar]），本文探讨了中世纪爱尔兰小说如何驾驭第一次世界大战，独立战争和南北战争动荡时期的传承。考虑到运用记忆理论和文学策略来反映冲突的社会，政治和个人后果的方法，本文认为伊丽莎白·鲍恩的《爱的世界》，威廉·特雷弗的《财富的愚人》和玛丽·莱兰的《基林》 说明了整个20世纪爱尔兰社会的悠久历史。