Belfast Confetti (poem)

Belfast Confetti is a poem about the aftermath of a sectarian riot in Belfast by Northern Irish poet and translator Ciarán Carson.^[1] The name of the poem derives from the nickname for the large shipbuilding rivets and other scrap metal that were used as missiles by Protestant shipyard workers during anti-Catholic riots in Belfast.^[2]

The poem won the Irish Times' Irish Literature Prize for Poetry.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Peter Barry (2000). Contemporary British Poetry and the City. Manchester University Press. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-7190-5594-2.
^ "Study Ireland". BBC NI. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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[Barry2000-1] Peter Barry (2000). Contemporary British Poetry and the City. Manchester University Press. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-7190-5594-2.

[2] "Study Ireland". BBC NI. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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