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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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Little Róisín

The song is a direct response to the sectarian murder of innocent civilians in the Lurgan / Craigavon area in the 1990s. It is written through the eyes of a little girl who lost two brothers. It is Kerr’s response to tensions at that time and helped express my wishes for a more peaceful and just society.

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