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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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White Box

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

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There Were Roses

This song was written about two friends who were the victims of tit-for-tat killings by loyalist and republican paramilitaries. It illustrates the futility of these killings when the people involved were friends regardless of religion or political belief.

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