Consider the following quotations: “I happen to belong to a minority who hold that the breakup of the United Kingdom may be imminent”. “It [Northern Ireland] pays a heavy…
Books
The sins of memories past?
There is an interesting piece from the Dublin Review of Books entitled: Troubles with Remembering; or, The Seven Sins of Memory Studies. The piece is actually a review on: Remembering the Troubles: Contesting…
The Northern Ireland Question
The reminder that sometimes there is a need to repeat well considered nationalist shibboleths and certainties was again brought to attention with the recent post on Joint Authority – resurrecting…
A United Ireland: why unification is inevitable…. Likely not.
Kevin Meagher, A United Ireland: why unification is inevitable and how it will come about (Biteback, London, 2016) Book Review The only thing ‘inevitable’ about this book is its failure…
Contested Identities
The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants: edited by Thomas Paul Burgess & Gareth Mulvenna. The book is prefaced as a response to co-editor Thomas Burgess’s uncomfortable encounter where: “… a young woman with impeccable Irish Republican…