tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844860791976081672.post8291113931654215678..comments2024-03-27T07:46:58.889-05:00Comments on The Narcissistic Expat Diaries: From Iowa to Ireland: Northern Ireland ReflectionsCoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02025329498192850702noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844860791976081672.post-3285311486700162262014-03-09T05:33:44.683-05:002014-03-09T05:33:44.683-05:00Thank you for replying. I really did learn a lot ...Thank you for replying. I really did learn a lot visiting NI, and was able to confidently tell my nervous American friends and family that NI today is nothing like the news images we saw in the 1980s. Sounds like you did some great and interesting work there in Belfast.<br /><br />Thanks again for sharing.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025329498192850702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844860791976081672.post-74781829978655951812014-03-08T17:28:32.210-06:002014-03-08T17:28:32.210-06:00HI Cory,
It's always interesting to hear the...HI Cory, <br /><br />It's always interesting to hear the ways in which people's opinions about Northern Ireland change after a visit. I'm an American too and moved to Belfast in 2006 to work on the peace process. I have to say that over the 5 years I lived and worked there (in some of the most sectarian places you can imagine) my feelings about the Loyalist and Republican and Unionist and Nationalist movements were entirely different than what I thought they would be when I arrived. <br /><br />I think it's really important for Americans in particular to share their experience in NI because so much of what we were fed in the US was highly biased and simplified so much that it hardly reflected anyone's reality during the Troubles and beyond.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your post<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844860791976081672.post-66456841204626490882013-12-31T01:23:40.637-06:002013-12-31T01:23:40.637-06:00Thank you. It means a lot to hear that from you.Thank you. It means a lot to hear that from you.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025329498192850702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844860791976081672.post-24971937265154075432013-12-30T03:25:45.106-06:002013-12-30T03:25:45.106-06:00Nice post Cory Nice post Cory Lordstiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11576450165110633852noreply@blogger.com