March 3rd 2021

This year marks 100 years since Ireland was partitioned. The passion and emotion felt about partition has not dissipated in the intervening century. Ivan Gibbons, author of Partition, will be giving a talk for the Portsmouth Book Fest to discuss how the idea of dividing Ireland came about, how it gained acceptance and popular support, about its complex and controversial implementation, and the turmoil of the years that followed.

More information can be found here.