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Borderlines

Borderlines

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As journalists born and raised in Derry, Mary Minihan and Freya McClements have always been interested in the different identities that belong to the people of Ireland.


In this podcast series from The Irish Times, they talk to interesting people about identity, culture and the experiences that shaped them.

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  • Borderlines: Jan Carson on having multiple identities, holding on to faith and life in Northern Ireland after Brexit

    Borderlines: Jan Carson on having multiple identities, holding on to faith and life in Northern Ireland after Brexit
    Feb 28 2022
    Jan Carson talks to Borderlines hosts Freya McClements and Mary Minihan about her rural Protestant evangelical background. The writer, whose grandfather was an Orangeman, explains how her latest novel The Raptures was inspired by the Co Antrim community she grew up in. She says Brexit “kicked off” at the same time as her writing career and was one reason why she applied for an Irish passport.

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    44 Min.
  • Séamas O'Reilly on childhood memories, the significance of the Border and the impact of Brexit

    Séamas O'Reilly on childhood memories, the significance of the Border and the impact of Brexit
    Feb 21 2022

    Author Séamas O'Reilly talks to Borderlines hosts Freya McClements and Mary Minihan about growing up with his 10 siblings on the Border between Derry in Northern Ireland and Donegal in the Republic when the Troubles were on the wane.


    The writer also reflects on the "bittersweet" experience of writing his bestselling memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? as he unearthed new memories about his mother in the course of his research. He was five when she died.

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    44 Min.
  • Borderlines: Rosemary Jenkinson on identity, culture and resisting being pigeonholed.

    Borderlines: Rosemary Jenkinson on identity, culture and resisting being pigeonholed.
    Feb 14 2022

    Writer Rosemary Jenkinson talks to Borderlines hosts Freya McClements and Mary Minihan about her very British upbringing in Northern Ireland, the awkward facts of history and how a trip to Palestine changed her perspective.


    The author recalls how the Troubles touched her childhood and her shock at being described as a “Paddy” when she moved to England to study.

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    40 Min.
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