Founded 1974 | Type Non-profit | |
Motto ionad siochána agus athmhuintearais gleann crí (Irish) Location Glencree, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland Services facilitating dialogues, creating peace education resources, organising school and peace-building programmes, etc Fields reconciliation, peace-building, building community | ||
The Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation is a non-governmental charitable organization located in Republic of Ireland. Its goal is to promote peace and reconciliation, especially as a response to the Troubles and its aftermath. It is housed in a complex of buildings that had many previous functions including barracks and orphanage.
The Glencree Centre is devoted to peacebuilding and reconciliation in Ireland, North and South, Britain and beyond. The programme work builds peace and fosters reconciliation by facilitating dialogues, creating peace education resources, and much more. The organisation was founded in 1974 as a response to violent conflict in Ireland, and in light of a conviction that non-violent solutions must be pursued to encourage reconciliation within and between communities.