The future of Northern Ireland: border anxieties and support for Irish reunification under varieties of UKexit

John Garry, Brendan O’Leary, Kevin McNicholl and James Pow

Regional Studies, 2021, vol. 55, issue 9, 1517-1527

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.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1759796

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