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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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The Interrogation of Ambrose Fogarty

Set in a Police Station in West Belfast in the 1970s Fogarty charts the story of two very different prisoners over a three-day detention period. Political activist Ambrose Fogarty claims he is innocent of armed robbery. The Police Special Branch are convinced he is guilty. What follows is a dramatic stand-off, brutal and dehumanising. Into this bursts the anarchic Willie Lagan, a guitar-playing jokester who hasn’t a clue why he’s been arreste

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