I have posted excerpts from some of them here so that you can get some idea of the courage, commitment and quality of the writers. I don't pretend that the100 contributions have come near encapsulating all the different points of view there are. After all, there are over 70 million of us world-wide. So this web site is an invitation to you to write your own article and get your particular point of view across. Be as honest as you can.
Sincerity shows through in the articles.
Be as argumentative as you like but in a spirit of tolerance. You will be creating and contributing to an important debate about our identity which will influence the way we see ourselves, the way we conduct ourselves and the kind of society we will forge for ourselves and our children in the 21 st century. Whether you're Irish by birth, by ancestry, by geography, with Australian links, by accident, with European links, by necessity, with British links, by association, by culture, by history, with American links or Irish by choice, this is the place for you. Irish Paddy Logue works for the European Union Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation, administering the Cross-Border Community Reconciliation Measure. His first grandchild, Ava McGillion, was born on 29 July 2000.