Corrymeela is the name of a Christian community in Northern Ireland which is working towards reconciling Protestants and Catholics in that country.

In Northern Ireland, most children attend schools in which almost all of the pupils are either Catholics or Protestants. Many of these children also live in mostly Protestant or Catholic areas. So, in Northern Ireland, many Catholic children grow up without ever meeting a Protestant (and vice versa).

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. In 1969, violence between Catholics and Protestants became very serious and it has taken almost thirty years for peace to be restored.

Since 1965, the Corrymeela community has been bringing groups of Catholic and Protestant children and young people together at their centre on the north coast of Northern Ireland. This gives the children and young people an opportunity to get to know each other, explore their differences and to make new friends. Many of these friendships continue even after the children and young people return home to their different areas. This time together also leads some young people to become involved in reconciliation work in their own areas.

After over 30 years of reconciliation work by the Corrymeela community and other groups, a peace agreement was finally signed by Protestant and Catholic politicians in Northern Ireland on Good Friday 1998. This ended much of the serious violence which, since 1969, had led to the deaths of over 3000 people and the injury of many more.

But many of the divisions between Catholics and Protestants still exist. So the reconciliation work of the Corrymeela community still continues.