Ireland and brexit: a roundtable

Jesse, Neal G.; McMahon, Timothy G.; Murphy, Mary C.; O'Brien, Gillian; White, Timothy

Ireland and brexit: a roundtable

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Date

2016-12

Authors

Jesse, Neal G.

McMahon, Timothy G.

Murphy, Mary C.

O'Brien, Gillian

White, Timothy

Publisher

Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas

Published Version

10.1353/nhr.2016.0055

Abstract

A panel of five historians and political scientists, from the United States, Ireland, and Britain respond to questions regarding Brexit vote of the United Kingdom in June 2016 and historic and present-day attitudes toward the European Union (EU) in Britain and Ireland. The authors consider regional variations in attitudes toward the EU within both countries. They offer commentary on the implications of the Brexit vote on future British-Irish relations, particularly with regard to the nature of the land border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the future. The article closes with a discussion of how the nature of nation-states has been called into question by the vote, requiring that political actors and nations reconcile states and multi-state entities with nations in a new context.

Keywords

Ireland , Brexit , EU , European Union-Ireland , European Union-Northern Ireland , Ireland-land border , Nation-states , Multi-state entities , Nationalism-Ireland , Anglo-Irish relations

Citation

Jesse, N. G., McMahon, T. G., Murphy, M. C., O’Brien, G. and White, T. (2016) 'Ireland and Brexit: A Roundtable', New Hibernia Review, 20 (4):17-43. doi:10.1353/nhr.2016.0055