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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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Family Plot

Three generations of the Kerr family lie buried together, condemned to continue their bitter family arguments forever. But when young Emer, the last in the family line, arrives, the Kerrs are forced at last to come to terms with the true costs of the lives they have lived.

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