Satire and Trauma in Patrick McCabe’s <em>The Butcher Boy</em> by Melania Terrazas

“…The town was badly hit economically by the partition of Ireland in 1921 because of its location on the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The Butcher Boy emphasises the significant influence the instability of the community during the 1960s, a time of rapid change and ethnic and political violence, has on this dysfunctional Brady family. …”
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How distance influences dislike: Responses to proposed fracking in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland by Craig Kerrie, Evensen Darrick, Van Der Horst Dan

“…This paper reports public responses to proposed fracking in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. A total of 120 people participated in an in-person survey with a qualitative follow-up in four locations: the village right next to the development site, two other villages just inside and just outside the wider fracking concession area, and in the capital city of Belfast, 150 km away. …”
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