Solas Glas
#Brexit consequences still hover in the sky above my #UlsterBorder. But no political line can cut through wildlife habitat and this is where my hope takes root in the trees soon to be planted in Doirinis. My roots in a…
Margo Gorman
Writing ~ Re-connecting
Margo Gorman
Writing ~ Re-connecting
Kategorie Ulster-Border
Ulster and Brexit: The pandemic distracted from the reality of Brexit. The threat of renewed violence and polarisation between British identity and Irish nationalism brings uncertainty. On the Ulster border no-one wants a hard border so hopefully compromise on customs and trade can avert this threat. Co-operation over the nature that binds us together on this island can offer new ways of exploring unity.
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European
In the difficult times of #Brexit, writers from other European cultures bring perspective to borders and minorities. In her novel, The Angel of Oblivion Maja Haderlap explores some of the history of the Slovenian minority in Carinthia. Tensions around minority…
Giant Steps
Footprints on #Ulster EU border observed in Donegal bogland can be traced to several giants including Amazon. Giant carbon footprint ignores fragility of bog and causes tons of peat to slide accross the #EUborder between Donegal and Tyrone. #DAERA #Agenda21/30…
Borders
Other-eyes-perspective on border technologies from Berlin. Can 2020 take us beyond the divisive rhetoric of Brexit? Thanks to Sabine and Marcus for the ground level view of the Donegal border in 2019. They highlight the proposal to monitor Ireland’s 208…
On borders
Toni Morrison speaks volumes in one paragraph on global migration which connects intimately to me as the territorial border through Ulster threatens to cut through my hybrid Irish-British-European identity. Encouraged by her words, I claim a cross-border culture of belonging…
Writers XBorders
XBorders is a new cross-border project bringing together emerging writers to explore and write about borders through fiction or non-fiction. As part of the Irish Writers Centre’s Northern Irish programme, writers from across Ireland will work on the theme of…