The border : the legacy of a century of Anglo-Irish politics / Diarmaid Ferriter.
By: Ferriter, Diarmaid [author.]
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BookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2019Description: 184 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781788161787 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Borderlands -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Borderlands -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century | History | European history | Geopolitics | 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100 | 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 | Ireland | Northern Ireland | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922- | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Ireland -- History -- Partition, 1921 | Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Ireland -- Relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Relations -- IrelandDDC classification: 941.5082 FER Summary: For the past two decades, you could cross the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic half a dozen times without noticing or, indeed, without turning off the road you were travelling. It cuts through fields, winds back-and-forth across roads, and wends from the mouth of the Newry River to the mouth of the Foyle. It's frictionless - a feat sealed by the Good Friday Agreement. Before that, watchtowers loomed over border communities, military checkpoints dotted the roads, and bridges had been demolished to prevent crossings. This is a past that most are happy to have left behind but it may also be the future. Diarmaid Ferriter charts its history from the divisive 1920s Act to the Treaty and its aftermath, through 'the Troubles' and the Good Friday Agreement up to the Brexit negotiations.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 941.5082 FER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000909691 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The history and possible future of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For the past two decades, you could cross the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic half a dozen times without noticing or, indeed, without turning off the road you were travelling. It cuts through fields, winds back-and-forth across roads, and wends from the mouth of the Newry River to the mouth of the Foyle. It's frictionless - a feat sealed by the Good Friday Agreement. Before that, watchtowers loomed over border communities, military checkpoints dotted the roads, and bridges had been demolished to prevent crossings. This is a past that most are happy to have left behind but it may also be the future. Diarmaid Ferriter charts its history from the divisive 1920s Act to the Treaty and its aftermath, through 'the Troubles' and the Good Friday Agreement up to the Brexit negotiations.