Sunday, September 21, 2008
The Irish Conflict
One thing I’m very excited to learn more about is the Irish conflict. It’s still surprisingly prevalent- my Irish friend was worried about going to a club on the other side of the river because she’s Catholic. There are bad areas too, and things that you could never say to certain groups of people, and specific colors mean different things. I’m taking a class on the history of Irish politics, so more to come on that.
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"It’s still surprisingly prevalent".
Yeah, I have wondered about all the people who come here, told we're at peace, and then find out that peace doesn't exactly mean reconciled. It'll probably take a couple of generations of peace for that, but we live in hope.
And welcome to The University Of Ulster, from an old hand there (that's another bit of Norn Iron slang to master - pronounced aul' hand - try it out on the locals, "howzabout yeh, aul' hand").
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