Abstract
The good health of the frontier is rooted in the Good Friday agreement, and threatened by the contempt of those who don’t understand its emotional landscape
Before the Brexit referendum I began walking Ireland’s border. At the start I thought of the border as just a line but after a few dozen miles it began to become its own place, a narrow country with one language and two currencies. When the UK voted to leave the European Union, the ground seemed to contract under my feet, shrinking to just the line on the map once again.
Before the Brexit referendum I began walking Ireland’s border. At the start I thought of the border as just a line but after a few dozen miles it began to become its own place, a narrow country with one language and two currencies. When the UK voted to leave the European Union, the ground seemed to contract under my feet, shrinking to just the line on the map once again.
| Original language | English |
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| Type | Comment piece for the Guardian |
| Media of output | Press and online |
| Publisher | The Guardian |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 05 Mar 2018 |
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The Rule of the Land: Politics, Landscape and Identity on Ireland’s Border
Garrett Carr (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Societial Impact, Other Impact