Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground

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Despite that, it is a book worth reading to understand why it is so difficult to find a way forward in Northern Ireland in 2021. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. First published in 2000 and updated in 2005, the book looks at the period following the Good Friday Agreement and the referendum.

This updated edition includes a new introduction, and provides the backdrop to her new title ‘Northern Protestants – On Shifting Ground’.His plea is echoed in various degrees of plaintiveness throughout the book, suggesting a profound frustration, particularly among the young, with the combative politics of unionism versus nationalism.

There have been a series of great recent works that address this complexity such as Kerri ní Dochartaigh's *Thin Places* (2022) and Gail McConnell's *Sun Is Open* (2021).The obvious complications around Brexit are central here, but so too are local issues like the ‘cash for ash’ scandal and the unjust treatment of NHS nurses in Northern Ireland. I saw another review of this book that expressed disappointment that McKay doesn't offer suggestions for how to fix the problems of northern Irish society. It's a completely riveting read, as the author visits communities in each part of the north to gauge opinions on the state of the union and how the protestant community is feeling on a range of issues.