Tag Archives: Creative Ambiguity

It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This

Posted on November 29, 2024 by fitzjameshorse

There are two things that can be said about the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. The first thing is that it has worked out better than we all thought. The second is that it has worked out worse than we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Andy Pollak, Brexit, Clare Hanna, Creative Ambiguity, DUP, Fintan O'Toole, Go Lucky Four, good friday agreement, History, IRA, Ireland, Kneecap, letsgetalongerism, Malachi O'Doherty, Mick Fealty, politics, RUC, SDLP, Sean South, Sinn Féin, slugger o toole, UUP, Wolfe Tones | 5 Comments

Where Do We Go From Here?

Posted on February 5, 2024 by fitzjameshorse

4th February 2013. I fly off on a trip of a lifetime. The History School at a university in Texas. Hosted by an influential professor who was impressed by some of my writings before and after this blog (Keeping An … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ballymurphy Massacre, Bloody Friday, Bloody Sunday, Brexit, Chuckle Brothers, Claudy, Confict Resolution, Creative Ambiguity, Darkley, DUP, good friday agreement, Ian Paisley, La Mon, Letsgetalongerists, Martin McGuinness, McGurks Bar, SDLP, Shankill Butchers, Tebane, UUP | 2 Comments

Germany 1945…Reconciliation?

Posted on March 27, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

A few months ago I watched a three part BBC documentary called “Berlin 1945”. It was difficult to watch. The year 1945 in Berlin…archive footage and quotes from the diaries of ordinary Berliners. By January 1945, the Nazis have already … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Conflict Resolution, Creative Ambiguity, Derry Girls, Germany, good friday agreement, Harry Enfield, Holocaust, Jacobites, Norn Iron, Oliver Cromwell, Reconciliation, Red Army, World War II | Leave a comment

Political Policing?

Posted on December 5, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I was talking to a young police officer a few nights ago. I had not spoken to her in about eighteen months, when she had just finished training. I have noticed a big change in her..she is not quite so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Creative Ambiguity, good friday agreement, PSNI, RUC | 2 Comments

The “New” Old IRA?

Posted on August 26, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Chat to some friends in the Republic of Ireland and they might tell you about about a long dead relative who was in “The Old IRA”. The word “Old” is important as it seeks to distinguish the original IRA from any newer … Continue reading →

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“Welcome To Norn Iron”

Posted on August 7, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

It must be nice to live in a place where the “Welcome” signs are not controversial. The main story in today’s Irish News, the Belfast morning newspaper read by the North of Ireland’s nationalist/republican/Catholic community has been about the erection … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Creative Ambiguity, Danny Kennedy, Norn Iron | 6 Comments