northern ireland in the 25 years of peace young people, like amy clint, born in 2000, whose parent like to tell a story about how she came home from her first day of secondary school an asked what s the differenc between a protestant and a catholic what s the difference between protestant and a catholic? she didn t grow up thinking in sectarian divides. joining us now, finta o toole, columnist and write for the irish times. he is the author of the ne york times bestselling book we don t know ourselves, personal history of modern ireland. and fintan o toole, for us it pretty surprising that a kid could now grew up in belfast and get all the way to hig school before wondering what s the difference between a protestant and catholic. and when i heard that question today i thought, oh, there is question, there is a questio for o toole tonight.
think in his own pretty gentle way today that s part of wha president biden was reflecting on you make the point about th piece that was finally achieve in belfast which, i have to say, for me in the 1970s and the 19 80s, i was unimaginable that it could get to that negotiated spo that it got to it took 30 years or more to do it but most of those years it seemed unimaginable. and you say that final achievement showed tha politics can work, that we are not doomed to tribalism, tha history is not faith and tha self determination can mean no getting everything you want, but consciously choosing generosity, compromise, an reconciliation and i would have thought, an did think at the time, that if that s possible in norther ireland, it s possible anywhere i think that s a really goo point. and that s maybe why sometimes these anniversaries ar actually very important.
ancestors and many of your relatives left during th famine and you know - when you are here you woul wonder why anyone would want t leave. i wish our mom, catherin eugenia finnegan biden wer here today she would be so damn proud you know, she held such a special place in her heart, and it really did and today, we carry her home i our heart, for real. we think about her all the time and coming here feels like coming home. that was president bide today, on his first day in ireland. he began the day with a speech at ulster university i belfast. it s good to see belfast, a city that s alive with commerce, art and, i would argue inspiration. the dividends of peace are all around us. this very campus is situated a
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