By Caoimhe McGonigle A conversation on theneed for a museum commemorating the Troubles was facilitated by author andformer BBC presenter Mark Devenport. Speakers at the event at Queen’sUniversity Belfast (QUB) included Professor John Barry, Jane Morrice, Dr GulKacmaz Erk, and Shelby Hanna. Other panellists were Dr Irene Boada-Montagut andProfessor Frank Gaffikin. The Museum of the Troubles […]
By Irene Boada Montagut Think bigly, my friend said. We were walking in the mountains of my native Catalonia, not far from the Spanish-French border. We had been talking about the Northern Irish Troubles, as one does when high up in the Pyrenees. I had been outlining ideas from a cross-community group that aims […]
Like Titanic Belfast but only on a grander scale, it could be a visitor attraction and an export earner with a difference Who owns the past? That is the provocative title of a book by the eminent American historian Eric Foner. Professor Foner, who has spent time in Northern Ireland, is to the forefront of […]