The Trial of D'Arcy McGee, a play by Anthony G. Russell, was performed by the Newpoint Players of Newry, Ireland, as part of the 2018 D'Arcy McGee International Forum in Carlingford, McGee's birthplace. It followed a successful format that Russell had established with The Trial of Padraig Pearse and The Trial of the Orange Order in previous years when the forum was called the D'Arcy McGee Summer School.
Read MoreAnd yet... and yet... when we look at the issues of D'Arcy McGee's time -- the issues that wracked Ireland and threatened to throttle Canada's Confederation while it was still in the cradle -- we can see that the problems are resolvable and reconciliation is indeed possible. When we look at how far Ireland has come in its own journey of reconciliation since the civil war nearly a century ago and The Troubles only 20 years past, we have profound examples of reconciliation.
Read MoreWhile in Ireland, I sometimes feel I'm on a mission to explain to the Irish the enormous impact of an Irishman his home country has forgotten. No one here has heard of Thomas D'arcy McGee, Canada's most eloquent Father of Confederation, and Ireland's gift to Canada.
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