The future of Northern Ireland: border anxieties and support for Irish reunification under varieties of UKexit. Issue 9 (2nd September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Garry, John; O'Leary, Brendan; McNicholl, Kevin; Pow, James
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 55:Issue 9(2021)
• Page Start: 1517
• Page End: 1527
• Publication Date: 2021-09-02
• Subjects: Northern Ireland -- referendum -- border -- unification -- UKexit from the European Union; H1 -- H10; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1759796
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The paper assesses public attitudes in Northern Ireland towards the potential hardening of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as a result of the UK's exit from the European Union. It investigates the relationship between border-related anxieties and support for a United Ireland. The study draws on specially designed qualitative and quantitative data, generated from a one-day citizens' assembly and a representative attitude survey. It identifies a group of conditional Catholics who support Irish unity, but only under 'hard exit' conditions.