Introduction : focus on Northern Ireland

"This article addresses avenues for reconciliation and the persistence of the Troubles in There are two compelling reasons why this special issue of Przegląd Kulturoznawczy should be concerned with Northern Ireland: its recent history (including numerous misconceptions about it) and current developments in connection with Brexit. As a matter of fact, there are dozens of reasons why Northern Ireland deserves attention both in Poland and elsewhere and yet with the accumulation of various centenaries in the Republic of Ireland it is easy to overlook a unique set of historical circumstances in the North at the moment. In 2018 twenty years passed since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, an informal name given to the Northern Ireland Peace Agreement reached in Belfast on April 10, 1998." […] (fragm.