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A DIFFERENT CRADLING (SEPTEMBER 1990)

Brian Keenan’s return from captivity in Beiruit prompted an incredible outpouring of kindness. I think people just wanted to show him they cared. He was mobbed when he went to City Hall in Belfast. I was always struck by how the little boy remained clam.


Source: Text and photograph by kind courtesy of Mr Brendan Murphy. Image copyright ©. All rights reserved.

Perspective

  1. Northern Ireland: Politics & Administration, 1949–93