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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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Bonfire

This sculpture is a representation of a challenging symbol of sectarian ritual. Although the tradition of Bonfires can and are viewed as contentious and provocative within Northern Irish culture, architecturally a kind of malign beauty in their construction can be found. This version of a Bonfire plays with a kind of grotesque beauty, playing with popular culture film references such as the Wicker Man or the Little Shop of Horrors.

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