How Brexit shows the vital importance of Ireland's seas and ports
How Brexit shows the vital importance of Ireland's seas and ports Updated / Monday, 1 Feb 2021 13:54 According to Nicholas Allen, author of the recently published (Oxford University Press, 2020), 'Ireland is an island that forgot itself'. UCC’s Claire Connolly has identified how Ireland’s relationship with its seas, coasts and ports has long been uncomfortable and defined by feelings of unease, dizziness and sea-sickness. It's one shaped by the violence of empire and a political culture which attaches primary importance to agriculture, land and land ownership. While Ireland’s religiou...
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