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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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Belfast Flags of Hope

The Belfast Flags of Hope was an art project in memory of murdered teenager Tomas Devlin. Flag flying is a contentious act in a divided community. I presented people with the blank flag canvas format and asked them to use their creativity to present their hope for a brighter future. The flags were flown along the Belfast ‘Peace Wall’, a symbolic site of division. This project used flags to bring communities together as opposed to the normal p

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