Diarmaid Ferriter releases new book "The Border"
Wednesday, 13 February, 2019
Diarmaid Ferriter has released his new book which documents the history and possible future of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
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.
The border between the Irish Republic-Northern Ireland border has been a topic of dispute for over a century, first in Dublin, Belfast and Westminster and now, post referendum, in Brussels. 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. With the fate of the border uncertain, the Border is a timely intervention into one of the most contentious and misunderstood political issues of our time.
The book is now available from all good book stores in profile hardback.
- (opens in a new window)The Irish Times - February 09 2019 - Diarmaid Ferriter: Wacky thinking about the Border isn’t new
- (opens in a new window)The Irish Independent - February 13 2019 - Diarmaid Ferriter: 'The Border' is a deft history of the 'problem child' no one really wants
- (opens in a new window)The Sunday Times (Ireland Edition) - February 03 2019 - Review: The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics by Diarmaid Ferriter — hypocrisy on all sides
