IRLANDE DU NORD

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Enjeux
Northern Ireland: the Peace Process (dossier de la BBC)

Attraits
La Chaussée des Géants (côte nord de l'Irlande du Nord, près de Portrush): voir le guide officiel (angl.)

Itinéraires
Randonnée pédestre: Mourne Mountains (Walking Britain)

Documentation
Macbeth, Georgia. A Plurality of Identities: Ulster Protestantism in Contemporary Northern Irish Drama. Thèse. University of New South Wales. School of Theatre, Film and Dance. 1999: "This thesis examines the ways in which Ulster Protestant identity has been explored in contemporary Northern Irish drama. The insecurity of the political and cultural status of Ulster Protestants from the Home Rule Crises up until Partition led to the construction and maintenance of a distinct and unified Ulster Protestant identity. This identity was defined by concepts such as loyalty, industriousness and ‘Britishness’. It was also defined by a perceived opposite – the Catholicism, disloyalty and ‘Irishness’ of the Republic. When the Orange State began to fragment in the late 1960s and early 1970s, so did notions of this singular Ulster Protestant identity. With the onset of the Troubles in 1969 came a parallel questioning and subversion of this identity in Northern Irish drama. This was a process which started with Sam Thompson’s Over the Bridge in 1960, but which began in earnest with Stewart Parker’s Spokesong in 1975. This thesis examines Parker’s approach and subsequent approaches by other dramatists to the question of Ulster Protestant identity. (...)" (Australian Theses Digital Program - texte intégral en format PDF)

Raccourcis intéressants

Actualités: Northern Ireland (BBC News)
Médias: BBC Northern Ireland
Sites officiels:
Northern Ireland Executive (site du gouvernement d'Irlande du Nord)
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
Northern Ireland Assembly (parlement régional)
Northern Ireland Office (site du gouvernement britannique)
Partis politiques:
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) - Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre
Ulster Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Sinn Féin
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
United Kingdom Unionist Party (UKUP)
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC)
Progressive Unionst Party (PUP)
Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP)
Ulster Democratic Party (UDP)
Labour Northern Ireland

Statistiques

Capitale
Belfast

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