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The Land Mine . . . Dublln Road, Newry
You drive across it, not looking down
A massive hole once in the ground
The deafening noise all around
A large crater, was all to be found
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Forgotten, their memories and cries that night
Sacrificed in a thundering flash of light
Their faces don’t fade as the years pass by
In the thoughts of loved ones who couldn’t say good bye
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So many were to die on the same stretch of road
Civilians, prison officers a terrible toll
A high court judge ,and his family too
Gunfire and explosions…in an eerie hue
Civilians, prison officers a terrible toll
A high court judge ,and his family too
Gunfire and explosions…in an eerie hue
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The death traps hidden into the ground
No longer needed, as peace is at last found
The peace was hard fought for with a heavy price
Family’s grieving …a life of sacrifice
No longer needed, as peace is at last found
The peace was hard fought for with a heavy price
Family’s grieving …a life of sacrifice
⏩ Brendan Curran, Irish conflict poems 
2020
2020
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