Arbuthnott Lecture 2018: '"Confusion is not an ignoble condition” – Making sense of Ireland-UK relations'

This event has now passed but you can hear a recording of the lecture below.

Taking a long-range view, Ireland's Ambassador to the UK, Adrian O'Neill, will explore the complexities of the Irish-British relationship in the shadow of Brexit.

Ambassador Adrian O’Neill is Ireland’s 17th Ambassador to the United Kingdom, appointed in 2017. He was previously Second Secretary Generalat the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, and was also a former Secretary General at Áras an Uachtaráin to both Presidents Mary McAleese and Michael D Higgins. A Trinity College Dublin graduate, he has previously served in Boston, Washington and Madrid.

About the Arbuthnott Lecture

This lecture is an annual event hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and funded by a trust established by the friends and family of Justin Arbuthnott, an Edinburgh University History student who was drowned along with three friends one night in July 1989 when their boat capsized off the coast near County Donegal in Ireland.

The Justin Arbuthnott Trust, held by the University, provides a postgraduate scholarship each year and this lecture, both of which are designed to promote the better understanding of Ireland and various complex relationships which link Ireland and Britain. Previous Arbuthnott Lecturers include Mary E. Daly, Roy Foster and Fintan O’Toole.

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.