Ireland

Belfast, Northern Ireland—Peace and reconciliation were the themes of the International Day of Peace event.

Dublin, Ireland—The first Irish “Principles of Peace” training seminar was held in the Dublin Peace Embassy.

Dublin, Ireland—UPF held its first meeting of the year, inviting new and veteran Ambassadors for Peace.

Armagh, Northern Ireland—This year’s Peace Road walk took a symbolic route between Catholic and Protestant cathedrals.

Derry, Northern Ireland—representatives and Peace Ambassadors from UPF Ireland and UPF UK joined in a UPF “Peace Road” event.

New York, USA—UPF’s International Association of First Ladies for Peace co-sponsored a parallel event to CSW65.

Downpatrick, Co. Down, Ireland—UPF marked International Day of Peace with a Peace Road Walk followed by a Peace Road Forum.

UPF-Ireland added a forum to its “Peace Road” event, discussing the effects of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

Carlingford, Ireland—The 2017 Peace Road event saw 15 participants bicycling to the border with Northern Ireland.

My position was as Anglican archbishop of Armagh, which means I was the Anglican primate for the whole of Ireland, North and South, and that period of 22 years before I retired coincided with what we call the troubles, the war in Ireland.