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Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize

Index Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize

The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize was created in 1977, in memory of Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador to Ireland, who was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1976. [1]

37 relations: A. T. Q. Stewart, Brian Friel, Brian Keenan (writer), Charles Townshend (historian), Christopher Ewart-Biggs, Colette Bryce, David McKittrick, Dervla Murphy, Douglas Murray (author), European Economic Community, F. S. L. Lyons, Five Minutes of Heaven, Fortnight (magazine), Frank McGuinness, Garret FitzGerald, Guy Hibbert, Hubert Butler, Jane Ewart-Biggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs, John Bowman (broadcaster), John Henry Whyte, Linen Hall Library, List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ireland, Mary Holland, Michael Longley, Micheál MacGréil, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Oliver MacDonagh, Padraig O'Malley, Peter Hart (historian), Peter Taylor (journalist), Provisional Irish Republican Army, Richard English, Robert Kee, Sebastian Barry, Stewart Parker, Translations.

A. T. Q. Stewart

Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart (8 July 1929 – 16 December 2010) was a historian, teacher and academic, and a best-selling author on the subject of the politics of Ulster and Northern Ireland.

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Brian Friel

Brian Patrick Friel (9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015), born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, was a dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company.

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Brian Keenan (writer)

Brian Keenan (born 28 September 1950 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish writer whose work includes the book An Evil Cradling, an account of the four and a half years he spent as a hostage in Beirut, Lebanon from 11 April 1986 to 24 August 1990.

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Charles Townshend (historian)

Charles Townshend FBA (born 1945) is a British historian with particular expertise on the historic role of British imperialism in Ireland and Palestine.

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Christopher Ewart-Biggs

Christopher Ewart-Biggs, CMG, OBE (5 August 1921 – 21 July 1976) was the British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, an author and senior Foreign Office liaison officer with MI6.

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Colette Bryce

Colette Bryce (born 1970) is a poet, freelance writer and editor.

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David McKittrick

David McKittrick (born 1949) is a Belfast-born journalist who has reported on Northern Ireland since 1971.

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Dervla Murphy

Dervla Murphy (born 28 November 1931) is an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books for over 40 years.

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Douglas Murray (author)

Douglas Kear Murray (born 16 July 1979) is a British author, journalist, and political commentator.

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European Economic Community

The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation which aimed to bring about economic integration among its member states.

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F. S. L. Lyons

Francis Stewart Leland Lyons, FBA (11 November 1923 – 21 September 1983) was an Irish historian and academic who was provost of Trinity College, Dublin from 1974–81.

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Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven is a 2009 Irish-language film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a script by Guy Hibbert.

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Fortnight (magazine)

Fortnight was a monthly (despite the name) political and cultural magazine published in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Frank McGuinness

Professor Frank McGuinness (born 1953) is an Irish writer.

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Garret FitzGerald

Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 192619 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987, Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987, Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1981 and March 1982 to December 1982 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977.

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Guy Hibbert

Guy Hibbert (born 27 July 1950) is a British screenwriter.

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Hubert Butler

Hubert Marshal Butler (23 October 1900 – 5 January 1991) was an Irish essayist who wrote on a wide range of topics, from local history and archaeology to the political and religious affairs of eastern Europe before and during World War II.

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Jane Ewart-Biggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs

Felicity Jane Ewart-Biggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs (née Randall; 22 August 1929 – 8 October 1992) was a British politician and wife to the British Ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, who was murdered in office.

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John Bowman (broadcaster)

John Bowman PhD (born July 1942) is an Irish historian and a long-standing broadcaster and presenter of current affairs and political programmes with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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John Henry Whyte

John Henry Whyte (30 April 1928 in Penang, Malaya – 16 May 1990 in New York, United States) was an Irish historian, political scientist and author of books on Northern Ireland, divided societies and on church-state affairs in Ireland.

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Linen Hall Library

The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ireland

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ireland is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Ireland and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Ireland.

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Mary Holland

Mary Holland (19 June 1935 – 7 June 2004) was an Irish journalist who specialised in writing about Ireland, and in particular Northern Ireland.

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Michael Longley

Michael Longley, CBE (born 27 July 1939) is a poet from Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Micheál MacGréil

Fr Micheál MacGréil S.J., is an Irish Jesuit priest, sociologist, writer and activist.

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Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a 1985 play by Frank McGuinness.

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Oliver Hirschbiegel

Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 29 December 1957) is a German film director.

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Oliver MacDonagh

Oliver Ormond Gerard Michael MacDonagh (1924–2002), was a professor of Irish history who made a particular study of the historic relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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Padraig O'Malley

Padraig O'Malley (born 1942 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish peacemaker, author and professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston who specializes in the problems of divided societies, such as South Africa and Northern Ireland.

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Peter Hart (historian)

Peter Hart (11 November 1963 – 22 July 2010) was a Canadian historian, specialising in modern Irish history.

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Peter Taylor (journalist)

Peter Taylor, is a British journalist and documentary-maker.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Richard English

Richard Ludlow English, (born 1963) is a historian from Northern Ireland.

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Robert Kee

Robert Kee, CBE (5 October 1919 – 11 January 2013) was a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland.

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Sebastian Barry

Sebastian Barry (born 5 July 1955) is an Irish playwright, novelist and poet.

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Stewart Parker

James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941 – 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright.

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Translations

Translations is a three-act play by Irish playwright Brian Friel, written in 1980.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ewart-Biggs_Memorial_Prize

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