The (mainly Roman Catholic) Irish nationalist narrative is that Ireland was a single political unit until dismembered by partition in 1921 and that the territory should be reunited. The (mainly Protestant) counter narrative is that the island has been divided since the 17th century and that the majority of people in Northern Ireland are British patriots who owe their allegiance to the Queen.

As a Dubliner from a Roman Catholic background who has lived in England for most of her adult life yet has been actively involved with Northern Ireland as an historian and journalist, Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards makes a conclusion that Ireland has been bedevilled by tribalism.

Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards is a prolific non-fiction writer whose works include biographes of Irish republican rebels Patrick Pearse and James Connolly. Her satirical crime fiction targets the British establishment, academics, political correctness, and the Anglo-Irish peace process.

This lecture is a co-operation between the Centre for British Studies, the Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick and the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ulster University.

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