Irish Republican Army - in Poetry

In Poetry

The poem called Belfast Confetti tells of the attacks made by the IRA. It also shows the extent to which an Irish man was interrogated by British Police and how he failed to be able to answer their questions due to a language barrier. The moral of the poem is that without language, conflict cannot be resolved.

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