As a border child from the counties of Tyrone and Derry, I have seen the hard border, that no one wants again. I remember the salmon smuggling, the customs officers on both sides Continue reading
Filed under Northern Ireland …
On leaving again: a Northern Irishman reflects on his life in Melbourne and Ireland from afar.
How different emigration is in the second decade of the 21st century Continue reading
St Patrick Visitor Centre a Symbol of Reconciliation
St Patrick Visitor Centre a site of knowledge and community engagement One of the more interesting things about St Patrick is his capacity to be many things to many people. Perhaps it’s not surprising then that a centre dedicated to him – the St Patrick Visitor Centre in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland – has been able … Continue reading
Waterford in Fiction
… he tells a great story and knows how to keep his readers interested. Continue reading
New Online Archive of the Troubles in NI
For researchers, a new archive of the Troubles in Northern Ireland…. Continue reading
Particularies of Time and Space
It is not just landscape and history and personal objects and events that shape us, but also the more casual and systematic reading we do …. Continue reading
Linen Hall Library, Belfast
Over the years the Library has become the repository for a vast amount of material relating to the subject and the subsequent Peace Process Continue reading
Peacemaker or Murderer?
This biography, written by one who is certainly no fawning acolyte of Adams, nevertheless adds to the understanding of one of the most important figures in peace in our time. Continue reading
Martin McGuinness – a hard man to replace.
Was he the most important leader of contemporary Ireland? Continue reading
The Trilogy that Grew – Adrian McKinty’s Belfast Noir
Duffy is a smart and determined Catholic in a police force that is overwhelming Protestant; and he resides and survives in a Protestant estate because he has a ‘good relationship’ with the leader of the para militaries who run that estate. Continue reading
