Please join the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies for a public conversation on peacebuilding in Northern Ireland with Rev. Bill Shaw, OBE and Harold Good, OBE. Shaw and Good be joined in conversation by Emma Murphy, Assistant Professor of Modern Ireland and Peace Studies in the Keough School for Global Studies.
About Rev. Bill Shaw
Rev. Bill Shaw, OBE, grew up in Belfast through the worst excesses of ‘the Troubles’. After 10 years in the construction business, Shaw studied theology at Queens University Belfast and entered the Presbyterian ministry. Bill served as the CEO of the 174 Trust for more than twenty seven years - an organisation committed to ‘Building Peace and Promoting Reconciliation’ by encouraging dialogue and celebrating cultural diversity within the North Belfast community.
Rev. Shaw has received many honors and recognitions for his work, including the Harry McKillop Irish Spirit Award, inclusion in the Queen’s New Years Honours List of 2012 Bill for ‘Services to the community of North Belfast’, and his O.B.E. from her majesty in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in March 2012. He was awarded an honorary doctorate for ‘distinguished service to the community’ by the Ulster University and The Ireland Funds presented him with the Humanitarian Award in 2023. Bill retired as CEO of the 174 Trust in June 2025 but continues in an ambassadorial role.
About Rev. Harold Good
Harold Good, OBE, is a retired Methodist minister, former President of the Methodist Church in Ireland and director of the Corrymeela Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. One of two independent eyewitnesses to the decommissioning of IRA arms in 2005, he has received numerous awards for his peace work in Northern Ireland and also contributed to conflict resolution in other countries.