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| Prince Charles to visit NI peace centre Corrymeela | Prince Charles to visit NI peace centre Corrymeela |
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| Prince Charles is to visit Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation centre on the final day of his visit to the island of Ireland. | Prince Charles is to visit Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation centre on the final day of his visit to the island of Ireland. |
| The Corrymeela Centre, set up to promote Christian peace-building, has its 50th anniversary this year. | |
| Reconciliation has been a key theme of the prince's four-day visit. | Reconciliation has been a key theme of the prince's four-day visit. |
| He shook hands with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and visited the site in County Sligo where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten was killed by the IRA. | He shook hands with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and visited the site in County Sligo where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten was killed by the IRA. |
| 'Deep symbolism' | 'Deep symbolism' |
| Colin Craig of the Corrymeela Centre said it was an appropriate place for the prince to end what will have been an emotional visit. | |
| "In his own life, when he has suffered bereavement, it acts as a deep symbolism for what what we're trying to work for, in our 50th year that the work is still ongoing," he said. | "In his own life, when he has suffered bereavement, it acts as a deep symbolism for what what we're trying to work for, in our 50th year that the work is still ongoing," he said. |
| "We need to keep the inspiration that Corrymeela can offer in people's lives." | "We need to keep the inspiration that Corrymeela can offer in people's lives." |
| The centre works with about 11,000 people a year at its residential centre in Ballycastle, County Antrim. | The centre works with about 11,000 people a year at its residential centre in Ballycastle, County Antrim. |
| Some of its work with families and young people over the last few years has been supported by a fund set up by Countess Mountbatten, in memory of her son Nicholas who was also killed in the August 1979 attack at Mullaghmore. | Some of its work with families and young people over the last few years has been supported by a fund set up by Countess Mountbatten, in memory of her son Nicholas who was also killed in the August 1979 attack at Mullaghmore. |
| Mr Craig said the centre was "very much in the middle of the crisis" at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. | Mr Craig said the centre was "very much in the middle of the crisis" at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. |
| "As people were being put out of their homes, the Corrymeela bus was one of the few that could cross these so-called peace lines," he said. | "As people were being put out of their homes, the Corrymeela bus was one of the few that could cross these so-called peace lines," he said. |
| "Did we stop it all happening? No, but we stopped it becoming as bad as it could have." | |
| Later on Friday, the Royal couple will also visit Mount Stewart house and gardens in County Down. | |
| The Prince of Wales is president of the National Trust, and their visit marks the completion of a three-year restoration programme supported by local volunteers. | The Prince of Wales is president of the National Trust, and their visit marks the completion of a three-year restoration programme supported by local volunteers. |