Promoting reconciliation and peacebuilding through healing social, religious and political divisions in Northern Ireland.
The Corrymeela Community is a widespread community of people of all Christian traditions who, individually and together, are committed to the healing of social, religious and political divisions in Northern Ireland and throughout the rest of the world. The Corrymeela Community was founded prior to the Troubles in 1965 by Rev Dr Ray Davey. He was inspired by his experiences on the frontline in World War Two, where he learned the importance of accommodating differences. Ray Davey founded Corrymeela in 1965 because he was concerned about this division between Catholics and Protestants. He believed that it would only continue to breed violence in Northern Ireland. He was right. Corrymeela showed that you could build bridges across the community in a practical way, he said. They didn't preach Christianity, they lived it, and Ray showed that reconciliation would be the only way forward.. Alliance Party leader David Ford said Mr Davey was a huge inspiration. Ray was a man with a vision for a transformed and reconciled Northern Ireland, but he was not just a visionary as he put that vision into practice in his work as chaplain at Queen's University and as founder leader of Corrymeela, he said. Corrymeela was founded in 1965 with the goal of promoting reconciliation and peacebuilding through healing social, religious and political divisions in Northern Ireland. Corrymeela works across Northern Ireland and beyond. The work of the organisation can be divided into five strands: Ray Davey, the founder of the Corrymeela community, has died. He set up the organisation in 1965 to promote Christian reconciliation and peace-building, and led the community until his retirement in 1980. Born in Dunmurry in 1915, Mr Davey played for the Ulster rugby team before the outbreak of World War Two.
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