Story Info
Story Info
Claire Hayes
Dunshaughlin, Ireland
2019
Type of Wounded Place
Story & Experience
Ireland is traditionally known as ‘the land of saints and scholars’. As I planned how I could bring joy to wounded places, I wondered if in more recent times it is becoming ‘the land of tragic deaths and murders’. I started out on my journey thinking of families and communities who were affected forever by murder.
As I walked, I thought also of a news item I had seen the previous evening on BBC News in which a child was rescued following a bombing in Sierra. He had been sleeping in his bed when the attack took place. Rubble completely covered him and he was pulled out by rescuers, directed by his siblings’ cries. He was rushed to hospital and incredibly survived. The story of his survival offered me hope in the midst of distressing and deeply sad news at home and abroad.
Ireland is traditionally known as ‘the land of saints and scholars’. As I planned how I could bring joy to wounded places, I wondered if in more recent times it is becoming ‘the land of tragic deaths and murders’. I started out on my journey thinking of families and communities who were affected forever by murder.
As I walked, I thought also of a news item I had seen the previous evening on BBC News in which a child was rescued following a bombing in Sierra. He had been sleeping in his bed when the attack took place. Rubble completely covered him and he was pulled out by rescuers, directed by his siblings’ cries. He was rushed to hospital and incredibly survived. The story of his survival offered me hope in the midst of distressing and deeply sad news at home and abroad.
Dunshaughlin, Ireland
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