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Discourse Series: Explaining Unionism

When

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 18:00 - 19:30

Where

Royal Irish Academy, D02 HH58

Tickets

Free (in-person): booking is essential
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How is Ulster Unionism defined and is it misunderstood in the Republic?  A panel discussion exploring the different meanings of Unionism and how they can be explained to societies outside Northern Ireland.

Our panel:

Linda Ervine MBE is a language rights activist from East Belfast. She is a speaker and supporter of the Irish language and is the founder and project leader of the Turas Irish language project, which aims to connect people from Protestant communities to their own history with the Irish language.

Philip Orr MRIA is an independent scholar, playwright and public intellectual who brings the fruits of research into the public sphere to advance peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. He was admitted as a Member of the Academy in 2018.

Glenn Patterson is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in Belfast. He is a founding patron of Fighting Words Northern Ireland, and is the Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast.

Chair:

Tommie Gorman, RTÉ News Northern Editor (2001-2021). His autobiography Never Better: My Life in Our Times was published in 2022.

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