For my small village (Armoy) on the North Antrim Coast in Northern Ireland, the 5th October 1994 would prove to be significant date in its history. A date that precedes my birth. A date that marks the meeting of neighbours who did not know each other. Conflict and civil conflict had caused division and segregation within areas like ours. On that dusky October night there was agreement to form the Armoy Community Association (ACA). An encounter that would in time take root to transform our people and our place.

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