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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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The Other Cheek

The painting contains elements of both sides of the community in Northern Ireland. The row of housing to the left is decorated with a republican mural and an Irish tricolour flies high about the chimney. On the other side a predominately Protestant street flies the flag of the United Kingdom. Members of the Orange order can be seen congregating to the far right of the painting. One of the most prominent features is that of the casualties from

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