Her Majesty met with First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris at an event hosted by the Queen's Reading Room to mark World Poetry Day at Hillsborough Castle in Belfast. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:56 And thank you for joining us this afternoon at Hillsborough Castle for Northern Ireland Poets and Their Place,
01:06 an event presented by the Queen's Reading Room in partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
01:14 It's been launched in 2021 and it's committed to helping people find and connect with the books, conformity with that classical tradition.
01:27 His knowledge of gay local royal family, the O'Neills.
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01:36 He was actively involved in the 1798 rebellion against British rule and his writing reflects that.
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02:30 Michael?
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02:37 Hello again, congratulations.
02:39 I saw you just before.
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03:07 Bye everybody.
03:09 Thank you.
03:12 Goodbye Michael.
03:13 Hello and goodbye shall we say.
03:14 Yes we'll see you next week.