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In a country fraught with conflict, it sounds odd to say that I have found peace here. It is hard to explain, really, but my experiences in Derry have given me a sense of hope and assurance that I had not expected to receive. My definition of peace itself has been broadened over the courseContinue reading “Peace Out: A Final Reflection on Our Time in Derry”

Meet Gerry, a tour guide at Derry’s Guildhall and the Tower Museum. Born in the Creggan, he witnessed the oppression of the Catholic community from an early age. When violence broke out at the height of the Troubles, an eleven-year-old Gerry and his friends, having no understanding of the political forces in conflict with oneContinue reading “Finding Trust: A Derry Man’s Story”

Memory is rarely simple or one-dimensional. Rather, it is multi-layered and informed by various historical and ideological lenses. Similarly, the experience of people in Derry has been framed by the existence of walls, which have characterized the long-standing conflict between Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists throughout Northern Ireland. The city’s first walls were built fourContinue reading “The Walls of Derry”