DOCSLIB.ORG

Remarks to Mackie International Employees in Belfast, Northern Ireland November 30, 1995

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Remarks to Mackie International Employees in Belfast, Northern Ireland November 30, 1995 Nov. 30 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995 Remarks to Mackie International Employees in Belfast, Northern Ireland November 30, 1995 This is one of those occasions where I really are clasping hands and changing history, and feel that all that needs to be said has already long-suffering people are moving closer to nor- been said. I thank Catherine and David for in- mal lives. troducing me, for all the schoolchildren of Here in Northern Ireland, you are making Northern Ireland who are here today, and for a miracle, a miracle symbolized by those two all whom they represent. A big part of peace children who held hands and told us what this is children growing up safely, learning together, whole thing is all about. In the land of the and growing together. I thank Patrick Dougan harp and the fiddle, the fife and the lambeg and Ronnie Lewis for their remarks, for their drum, two proud traditions are coming together work here, for all the members of the Mackie's in the harmonies of peace. The cease-fire and team who are with us today in welcoming us the negotiations have sparked a powerful trans- to this factory. I was hoping we could have formation. an event like this in Northern Ireland at a place Mackie's plant is a symbol of Northern Ire- where people work and reach out to the rest land's rebirth. It has long been a symbol of of the world in a positive way, because a big world-class engineering. The textile machines part of peace is working together for family and you make permit people to weave disparate community and for the welfare of the common threads into remarkable fabrics. That is now enterprise. what you must do here with the people of It is good to be among the people of North- Northern Ireland. ern Ireland who have given so much to America Here we lie along the peace line, the wall and the world and good to be here with such of steel and stone separating Protestant from a large delegation of my fellow Americans, in- Catholic. But today, under the leadership of Pat cluding of course my wife. And I see the Sec- Dougan, you are bridging the divide, over- retary of Commerce here and the Ambassador coming a legacy of discrimination where fair em- to Great Britain and a number of others. But ployment and integration are the watchwords we have quite a large delegation from both par- of the future. On this shop floor, men and ties in the United States Congress, so we've women of both traditions are working together sort of got a truce of our own going on here to achieve common goals. today. [Laughter] And I'd like to ask the Mem- Peace, once a distant dream, is now making bers of Congress who have come all the way a real difference in everyday life in this land. from Washington, DC, to stand up and be rec- Soldiers have left the streets of Belfast; many ognized. Would you all stand? [Applause] have gone home. People can go to the pub Many of you perhaps know that one in four or the store without the burden of the search of America's Presidents trace their roots to Ire- or the threat of a bomb. As barriers disappear land's shores, beginning with Andrew Jackson, along the border, families and communities di- the son of immigrants from Carrickfergus, to vided for decades are becoming whole once John Fitzgerald Kennedy, whose forebears came more. from County Wexford. I know I am only the This year in Armagh on St. Patrick's Day, latest in this time-honored tradition, but I'm Protestant and Catholic children led the parade proud to be the first sitting American President together for the first time since the Troubles to make it back to Belfast. began. A bystander's words marked the wonder At this holiday season all around the world, of the occasion when he said, ``Even the normal the promise of peace is in the air. The barriers is beginning to seem normal.'' of the cold war are giving way to a global village The economic rewards of peace are evident where communication and cooperation are the as well. Unemployment has fallen here to its order of the day. From South Africa to the lowest level in 14 years, while retail sales and Middle East and now to troubled Bosnia, con- investment are surging. Far from the gleaming flicts long thought impossible to solve are mov- city center to the new shop fronts of Belfast, ing along the road to resolution. Once-bitter foes to the Enterprise Center in East Belfast, busi- 1804 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995 / Nov. 30 ness is thriving, and opportunities are expanding. parties a chance to begin preliminary talks in With every extra day that the guns are still, ways in which all views will be represented and business confidence grows stronger, and the all voices will be heard. It also establishes an promise of prosperity grows as well. international body to address the issue of arms As the shroud of terror melts away, Northern decommissioning. I hope the parties will seize Ireland's beauty has been revealed again to all this opportunity. Engaging in honest dialog is the world: the castles and coasts, the Giant's not an act of surrender, it is an act of strength Causeway, the lush green hills, the high white and common sense. Moving from cease-fire to cliffs, a magical backdrop to your greatest asset peace requires dialog. For 25 years now, the which I saw all along the way from the airport history of Northern Ireland has been written here today, the warmth and good feeling of your in the blood of its children and their parents. people. Visitors are now coming in record num- The cease-fire turned the page on that history. bers. Indeed, today the air route between Bel- It must not be allowed to turn back. fast and London is the second busiest in all There must also be progress away from the of Europe. negotiating table. Violence has lessened, but it I want to honor those whose courage and has not disappeared. The leaders of the four vision have brought us to this point. Prime Min- main churches recently condemned the so-called ister Major, Prime Minister Bruton, and before punishment beatings and called for an end to him, Prime Minister Reynolds, laid the back- such attacks. I add my voice to theirs. ground and the basis for this era of reconcili- As the church leaders said, this is a time ation. From the Downing Street declaration to when the utmost efforts on all sides are needed the joint framework document, they altered the to build a peaceful and confident community course of history. Now, just in the last few days, in the future. But true peace requires more by launching the twin-track initiative, they have than a treaty, even more than the absence of opened a promising new gateway to a just and violence. Those who have suffered most in the lasting peace. Foreign Minister Spring, Sir Pat- fighting must share fairly in the fruits of re- rick Mayhew, David Trimble, and John Hume newal. The frustration that gave rise to violence all have labored to realize the promise of peace. And Gerry Adams, along with Loyalist leaders must give way to faith in the future. such as David Ervine and Gary McMichael, The United States will help to secure the helped to silence the guns on the streets and tangible benefits of peace. Ours is the first to bring about the first peace in a generation. American administration ever to support in the But most of all, America salutes all the people Congress the International Fund for Ireland, of Northern Ireland who have shown the world which has become an engine for economic de- in concrete ways that here the will for peace velopment and for reconciliation. We will con- is now stronger than the weapons of war. With tinue to encourage trade and investment and mixed sporting events encouraging competition to help end the cycle of unemployment. on the playing field, not the battlefield, with We are proud to support Northern Ireland. women's support groups, literacy programs, job You have given America a very great deal. Irish training centers that serve both communities, Protestant and Irish Catholic together have these and countless other initiatives bolster the added to America's strength. From our battle foundations of peace as well. for independence down to the present day, the Last year's cease-fire of the Irish Republican Irish have not only fought in our wars, they Army, joined by the combined Loyalist Military have built our Nation, and we owe you a very Command, marked a turning point in the history great debt. of Northern Ireland. Now is the time to sustain Let me say that of all the gifts we can offer that momentum and lock in the gains of peace. in return, perhaps the most enduring and the Neither community wants to go back to the most precious is the example of what is possible violence of the past. The children told us that when people find unity and strength in their today. Both parties must do their part to move diversity. We know from our own experience this process forward now. even today how hard that is to do. After all, Let me begin by saying that the search for we fought a great Civil War over the issue of common ground demands the courage of an race and slavery in which hundreds of thousands open mind.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Unsung Heroes of the Irish Peace Process Ted Smyth
    REC•NSIDERATI•NS Ted Smyth took part in the Irish peace process as an Irish diplomat in the United States, Britain, and the secretariat of the New Ireland Forum. The Unsung Heroes of the Irish Peace Process Ted Smyth Why did the Irish peace process eventually been viewed as traitors to their Catholic succeed in stopping the sectarian killing af- tribe, but today they are celebrated for their ter centuries of violence in Ireland and when courage and integrity. other sectarian conflicts still rage around the The road to peace in Ireland was led by world? Might there be lessons the Irish many, many individuals who made contri- could teach the world about reconciling bit- butions large and small. There were politi- ter enemies? The political successes in cians who were truly heroic, but it should Northern Ireland owe much to that oft- never be forgotten that the ordinary people scorned ingredient, patient, determined, and of Northern Ireland steadily found their principled diplomacy, which spanned suc- own way toward reconciliation, defying his- cessive administrations in London, Dublin, tory and the climate of fear. Maurice Hayes, and Washington. The result is a structure a columnist for the Irish Independent and a surely durable enough to survive the IRA’s veteran peacemaker puts it well: “Through- disturbing recent violations: an apparently out the troubles, in the darkest days, there long-planned $50 million raid on the have been outstanding examples of charity Northern Bank in Belfast in December at- and courage, of heroic forgiveness, often, tributed to IRA militants and the leader- and most notably, from those who had suf- ship’s unabashedly outlaw offer to shoot fered most.
    [Show full text]
  • Full Book PDF Download
    9780719075636_1_pre.qxd 17/2/09 2:11 PM Page i Irish literature since 1990 9780719075636_1_pre.qxd 17/2/09 2:11 PM Page ii 9780719075636_1_pre.qxd 17/2/09 2:11 PM Page iii Irish literature since 1990 Diverse voices edited by Scott Brewster and Michael Parker Manchester University Press Manchester and New York distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan 9780719075636_1_pre.qxd 17/2/09 2:11 PM Page iv Copyright © Manchester University Press 2009 While copyright in the volume as a whole is vested in Manchester University Press, copyright in individual chapters belongs to their respective authors. This electronic version has been made freely available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY- NC-ND) licence, which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction provided the author(s) and Manchester University Press are fully cited and no modifications or adaptations are made. Details of the licence can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Published by Manchester University Press Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NR, UK and Room 400, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for ISBN 978 07190 7563 6 hardback First published 2009 18171615141312111009 10987654321 Typeset by Graphicraft Limited, Hong Kong 9780719075636_1_pre.qxd 17/2/09 2:11 PM Page v Contents Acknowledgements page vii Notes
    [Show full text]
  • How New Is New Loyalism?
    HOW NEW IS NEW LOYALISM? CATHERINE MCGLYNN EUROPEAN STUDIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD SALFORD, UK Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, February 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Page 1 Chapter One Hypothesis and Methodology Page 6 Chapter Two Literature Review: Unionism, Loyalism, Page 18 New Loyalism Chapter Three A Civic Loyalism? Page 50 Chapter Four The Roots of New Loyalism 1966-1982 Page 110 Chapter Five New Loyalism and the Peace Process Page 168 Chapter Six New Loyalism and the Progressive Page 205 Unionist Party Chapter Seven Conclusion: How New is New Loyalism? Page 279 Bibliography Page 294 ABBREVIATONS CLMC Combined Loyalist Military Command DENI Department of Education for Northern Ireland DUP Democratic Unionist Party IOO Independent Orange Order IRA Irish Republican Army LAW Loyalist Association of Workers LVF Loyalist Volunteer Force NICRA Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association NIHE Northern Ireland Housing Executive NILP Northern Ireland Labour Party PUP Progressive Unionist Party RHC Red Hand Commandos RHD Red Hand Defenders SDLP Social Democratic and Labour Party UDA Ulster Defence Association UDP Ulster Democratic Party UDLP Ulster Democratic and Loyalist Party UFF Ulster Freedom Fighters UUP Ulster Unionist Party UUUC United Ulster Unionist Council UWC Ulster Workers' Council UVF Ulster Volunteer Force VPP Volunteer Political Party ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my PhD supervisor, Jonathan Tonge for all his support during my time at Salford University. I am also grateful to all the staff at the Northern Irish Political collection at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast for their help and advice.
    [Show full text]
  • Northern Ireland Peace Initiative
    Northern Ireland Peace Initiative JOURNEY TO BELFAST AND LONDON Report and Policy Recommendations by William J. Flynn and George D. Schwab February 1999 Contents • Acknowledgment • Foreword • Policy Recommendations • From Hate to Hope • Conclusion ACKNOWLEDGMENT At the invitation of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a National Committee on American Foreign Policy mission consisting of William J. Flynn, chairman, and George D. Schwab, president, spent a week (November 2-7, 1998) in Belfast discussing the peace process in Northern Ireland and in London where we also discussed U.S. and British global security interests with leading statesmen, politicians, diplomats, and academics. The meetings took place at Stormont Estate, 10 Downing Street, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the House of Commons, think tanks, and the American embassy in London, among other sites. Before embarking, Dr. Schwab was briefed at the State Department by James I. Gadsden, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs; James M. Lyons, special adviser to the president and the secretary of state for economic initiatives in Ireland; Katharine E. Koch, special assistant, office of the special adviser to the president and the secretary of state for economic initiatives in Ireland; and Patricia Nelson-Douvelis, Ireland desk officer. Although this report and the policy recommendations it contains focus on Northern Ireland, the material gathered on U.S. and British national security interests will be incorporated in relevant NCAFP publications, including those forthcoming on NATO and the Middle East. The sensitivity of some of the issues discussed led a number of people to request that they not be quoted by name or identified in other ways.
    [Show full text]
  • Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: the Past, Present and Future
    Peace and Conflict Studies Volume 17 Number 1 Peacebuilding, Reconciliation, and Transformation: Voices from the Canada–EU Article 3 Conflict Resolution Student Exchange Consortium 5-2010 Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: The Past, Present and Future Stephen Ryan University of Ulster, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs Part of the Peace and Conflict Studies Commons Recommended Citation Ryan, Stephen (2010) "Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: The Past, Present and Future," Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 17 : No. 1 , Article 3. DOI: 10.46743/1082-7307/2010.1112 Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol17/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Peace & Conflict Studies at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Peace and Conflict Studies by an authorized editor of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: The Past, Present and Future Abstract This article explores the reasons for the slow progress being made in the Northern Ireland peace process. It examines complications that exist in dealing with the past, present, and future of the conflict between the two main communities whilst also arguing that it is hard to separate these time frames in practice. In terms of the present, some well known difficulties with the consociational approach are identified. Recent studies have also demonstrated a failure to address sectarianism at the grass-roots level and there has been a resurgence in activity by spoilers and rejectionists. When thinking about the future the two communities still have competing views about the final constitutional destiny of Northern Ireland and this inhibits the development of a sense of a shared future.
    [Show full text]
  • Ulster Loyalist Perspectives on the IRA and Irish Republicanism James
    University of Huddersfield Repository McAuley, James W. and Ferguson, Neil ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: Ulster Loyalist Perspectives on the IRA and Irish Republicanism Original Citation McAuley, James W. and Ferguson, Neil (2016) ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: Ulster Loyalist Perspectives on the IRA and Irish Republicanism. Terrorism and Political Violence, 28 (3). pp. 561-575. ISSN 0954- 6553 This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/27270/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ Us & Them Running Heading: US & THEM ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: Ulster Loyalist Perspectives on the IRA and Irish Republicanism James W McAuley (University of Huddersfield) Neil Ferguson (Liverpool Hope University) Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to James W. McAuley, Institute for Research in Citizenship and Applied Human Sciences, School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, England, UK.
    [Show full text]
  • President Clinton's Meetings & Telephone Calls with Foreign
    President Clinton’s Meetings & Telephone Calls with Foreign Leaders, Representatives, and Dignitaries from January 23, 1993 thru January 19, 20011∗ 1993 Telephone call with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia, January 23, 1993, White House declassified in full Telephone call with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel, January 23, 1993, White House Telephone call with President Leonid Kravchuk of Ukraine, January 26, 1993, White House declassified in full Telephone call with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, January 29, 1993, White House Telephone call with Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel of Turkey, February 1, 1993, White House Meeting with Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel of Germany, February 4, 1993, White House Meeting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada, February 5, 1993, White House Meeting with President Turgut Ozal of Turkey, February 8, 1993, White House Telephone call with President Stanislav Shushkevich of Belarus, February 9, 1993, White House declassified in full Telephone call with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia, February 10, 1993, White House declassified in full Telephone call with Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom, February 10, 1993, White House Telephone call with Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany, February 10, 1993, White House declassified in full Telephone call with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, February 10, 1993, White House 1∗ Meetings that were only photo or ceremonial events are not included in this list. Meeting with Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe of Japan, February 11, 1993,
    [Show full text]
  • Party Politics in Ireland In
    CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by University of Huddersfield Repository REDEFINING LOYALISM —A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE David Ervine, MLA —AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE James W McAuley IBIS working paper no. 4 REDEFINING LOYALISM —A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE David Ervine, MLA —AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE James W McAuley No. 4 in the lecture series “Redefining the union and the nation: new perspectives on political progress in Ireland” organised in association with the Conference of University Rectors in Ireland Working Papers in British-Irish Studies No. 4, 2001 Institute for British-Irish Studies University College Dublin IBIS working papers No. 4, 2001 © the authors, 2001 ISSN 1649-0304 ABSTRACTS REDEFINING LOYALISM— A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE Although loyalism in its modern sense has been around since the 1920s, it ac- quired its present shape only at the beginning of the 1970s. Then it was reborn in paramilitary form, and was used by other, more privileged, unionists to serve their own interests. Yet the sectarianism within which loyalism developed disguised the fact that less privileged members of the two communities had much in common. Separation bred hatred, and led to an unfounded sense of advantage on the part of many Protestants who in reality enjoyed few material benefits. The pursuit of ac- commodation between the two communities can best be advanced by attempts to understand each other and to identify important shared interests, and the peace process can best be consolidated by steady, orchestrated movement on the two sides, and by ignoring the protests of those who reject compromise. REDEFINING LOYALISM— AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE In recent years a division has emerged within unionism between two sharply con- trasting perspectives.
    [Show full text]
  • Voices from the Grave Ed Moloney Was Born in England. a Former Northern Ireland Editor of the Irish Times and Sunday Tribune, He
    Voices prelims:Layout 1 3/12/09 11:52 Page i Voices from the Grave Ed Moloney was born in England. A former Northern Ireland editor of the Irish Times and Sunday Tribune, he was named Irish Journalist of the Year in 1999. Apart from A Secret History of the IRA, he has written a biography of Ian Paisley. He now lives and works in New York. Professor Thomas E. Hachey and Dr Robert K. O’Neill are the General Editors of the Boston College Center for Irish Programs IRA/UVF project, of which Voices from the Grave is the inaugural publication. Voices prelims:Layout 1 3/12/09 11:52 Page ii by the same author the secret history of the ira paisley: from demagogue to democrat? Voices prelims:Layout 1 3/12/09 11:52 Page iii ed moloney VOICES FROM THE GRAVE Two Men’s War in Ireland The publishers would like to acknowledge that any interview material used in Voices from the Grave has been provided by kind permission from the Boston College Center for Irish Programs IRA/UVF project that is archived at the Burns Library on the Chestnut Hill campus of Boston College. Voices prelims:Layout 1 3/12/09 11:52 Page iv First published in 2010 by Faber and Faber Limited Bloomsbury House 74–77 Great Russell Street London wc1b 3da Typeset by Faber and Faber Limited Printed in England by CPI Mackays, Chatham All rights reserved © Ed Moloney, 2010 Interview material © Trustees of Boston College, 2010 The right of Ed Moloney to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Use of interview material by kind permission of The Boston College Irish Center’s Oral History Archive.
    [Show full text]
  • A Process of Analysis
    A process of analysis (1) The Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist community Compiled by Michael Hall ISLAND 107 PAMPHLETS 1 Published February 2015 by Island Publications / Farset Community Think Tanks Project 466 Springfield Road, Belfast BT12 7DW © Michael Hall 2015 [email protected] http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/islandpublications cover photographs © Michael Hall The Project wishes to thank all those who participated in the discussions and interviews from which this publication was compiled. This first part of a three-part project has received financial support from The Reconciliation Fund Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dublin. Printed by Regency Press, Belfast The Island Pamphlets series was launched in 1993 to stimulate a community-wide debate on historical, cultural, political and socio-economic issues. Most of the pamphlets are edited accounts of discussions undertaken by small groups of individuals – the ‘Community Think Tanks’ – which have embraced (on both a ‘single identity’ and a cross-community basis) Loyalists, Republicans, community activists, women’s groups, victims, cross-border workers, ex-prisoners, young people, senior citizens and others. To date 106 titles have been produced and 190,400 pamphlets have been distributed at a grassroots level. Many of the titles are available for (free) download from http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/islandpublications. 2 Introduction Sixteen years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement issues surrounding identity, marching and flags in Northern Ireland remain as contentious as ever. These unresolved matters have poisoned political discourse and at times threatened to destabilise the political institutions. Even the Stormont House Agreement (announced in the final days of 2014) in which Northern Ireland’s political parties reached a belated consensus on a range of financial and legacy matters, once again pushed any discussion of identity-related issues further into the future.
    [Show full text]
  • Reports to the General Assembly 1999
    PRES LY B B SED Y S V T M N IR E E E E R S D N I A S R S N A A L C H A U R E R N C E H G • • IN D IR E L A N GENERAL ASSEMBLY of The Presbyterian Church in Ireland 1999 ORDER OF BUSINESS Notes: Business commences at 9.30 a.m. each morning. Luncheon adjournment at 1.00 p.m. each day. The figures printed in brackets are page references to the Annual Reports. References to the Minutes of Assembly are given in full. NOTES ii MONDAY, JUNE 7 Within Church House 7.00 p.m.— Divine Service Constitution of Assembly Memorial Roll Election of Moderator TUESDAY, JUNE 8 Within May Street Church 9.30 a.m.— Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper (Intermission 15 minutes) Within Church House 11.00 a.m.— 1. BUSINESS BOARD: Report and Resolutions (85-94). Arrangements Committee. 2. Memorial of Railway Street Kirk Session (94). 3. Reports of Synods and Presbyteries (76-84). (11.30) 4. Reception of Corresponding Members and Delegates. Church of Scotland: Right Rev. John B. Cairns (Moderator), Prof. Herbert A. Kerrigan Q.C., Rev. Scott J. Brown, R.N., Mrs. Ann McCarter. United Reformed Church: Mrs. Wilma Frew (Moderator), Rev. Peter Brain. Presbyterian Church of Wales: Rev. W. I. Cynwil Williams (Moderator). Church of Ireland: Rt. Rev. J. E. Moore, Dr. P. H. C. Trimble. Times in brackets may be anticipated but should not be passed. iii NOTES iv The Methodist Church in Ireland: Rev.
    [Show full text]
  • Bill Clinton's Visit to Northern Ireland
    BILL Resource CLINTON’S 3 VISIT TO NORTHERN IRELAND A Digitisation and Outreach Project from the Linen Hall Library A GCSE Toolkit Photo courtesy of The Irish Times A Project and Curriculum GCSE Toolkit Information Introduction Students will This education resource was develop skills in: created as part of the Linen Hall Library’s ‘Divided Society’ project. z Research It is a learning tool aimed at GCSE z Thinking critically/analysing students studying the 1990s period, however those studying politics z Reading/using primary sources and history subjects will also find its z Developing an understanding of material relevant. The resource can history’s value and significance be used to stimulate debate and for today’s society will help towards the development of empathy and understanding of z Developing an awareness of how the topic. Included in the resource the past has been represented, are samples of political cartoons, interpreted and given significance newspaper front pages and political for different reasons and posters. Materials are held at the purposes Linen Hall Library. z Acquiring an understanding of different identities within society and an appreciation of social, Key areas of cultural, and religious diversity interest include: z Recognising that their historical knowledge and skills help them z Ceasefires understand the present and also z Bill Clinton’s Visit provides them with a basis for z The Good Friday Agreement their role as responsible citizens, z The Referendum as well as for the possible further z First Day of Power-Sharing study of history. 2 BILL CLINTON’S VISIT TO NORTHERN IRELAND President Clinton’s ‘Mission of Peace’ The Irish News article ‘Clinton’s Mission for Peace’ 2nd December 1995 On the 30th of November 1995, President Clinton visited Northern Ireland.
    [Show full text]