Commemorations of the past in Northern Ireland are often centred on public space; stories and identities are stamped into the landscape through murals, memorials and parades. Some of these difficulties can be explained by the “two traditions” approach to conflict resolution in Northern Ireland, which is much in evidence in the Belfast Agreement. Are there not more than two communities, two nationalities and two sets of allegiances in Northern Ireland? Domestic spaces were an integral part of the conflict in Northern Ireland. The civil rights movement of the late 1960s was, of course, formed partly in response to the gerrymandering and anti-Catholic housing policy of the Northern Irish state.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2018 04:52 UTC