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Subject: IRISH UNIFICATION QUESTION
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BELFAST CONFETTI, by CIARAN CARSON    Poem Text                 Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: Suddenly as the riot squad moved in, it was raining exclamation marks
Last Line: Fusillarde of question-marks
Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland; Irish Unification Question


BELFAST CONFETTI, by CIARAN CARSON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Suddenly as the riot squad moved in, it was raining exclamation marks
Last Line: My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question-marks
Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland; Irish Unification Question


CAMPAIGN, by CIARAN CARSON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They had questioned him for hours. Who exactly was he?
Last Line: Drawing pints for strangers, his almost-perfect fingers flecked with scum
Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland; Irish Unification Question


POEMS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND: 5. NORTHERN IRELAND QUESTION, by DESMOND EGAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Two wee girls %were playing tig near a car
Last Line: Are worth their scattered fingers?
Subject(s): Irish Unification Question


STRAND AT LOUGH BEG, by SEAMUS HEANEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Leaving the white glow of filling stations
Last Line: With rushes that shoot green again, I plait %green scapulars to wear over your shroud
Subject(s): Irish Unification Question


THE DOWNFALL OF THE GAEL, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: My heart is in woe
Last Line: "unite, oh, unite! / or the billows burst o'er her!"
Subject(s): Irish Unification Question


THE MAN WHO LED THE VAN OF IRISH VOLUNTEERS, by EDWARD LYSAGHT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The gen'rous sons of erin, in manly virtue bold
Last Line: The gallant man, who led the van of irish volunteers.
Variant Title(s): In Praise Of Grattan
Subject(s): Freedom; Grattan, Henry (1746-1820); Irish Unification Question; Liberty


THE STRAND AT LOUGH BEG, by SEAMUS HEANEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Leaving the white glow of filling stations
Subject(s): Irish Unification Question