Time to call tragedies of Northern Ireland ‘a draw’ and get on with living
Former US president Bill Clinton (left) meets former US senator George Mitchell, during the three-day conference at Queen's University Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement this week. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
John Downing
I was reminded on Saturday last that King Brian Ború, of Munster, is buried in Armagh in the grounds of what has been for quite some time the Church of Ireland Cathedral up on a high hill.
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