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Guerrillas by Seamus Deane

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Seamus Deane’s beautiful poem probably derives from the experience of a child in the port city of Derry, encountering the foreign sailors and witnessing the city’s response to them.

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An agreement to set up an Independent International Commission on Decommissioning is signed by the B

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Purple Shoe, Orange Arm

The figure is based on the an image of Jean McConville, one of the Disappeared. Here the figure has something of a statue from Antiquity about it. A shoe hangs as a middle Eastern sign of insult. There are elements of particular landscapes and place relating to personal history and the wider context of the Troubles. Photograph by Brian Morrison

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