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Creative Writing at the University of Limerick

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Professor joseph o'connor.

Frank McCourt Chair of Creative Writing

Novelist, screenwriter, playwright and broadcaster, Joseph O'Connor is the author of nine novels including Star of the Sea, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book novel 2011) and Shadowplay (June 2019). Among his awards are the Prix Zepter for European Novel of the Year, France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, an American Library Association Award and the Irish Pen Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature. His work has been translated into forty languages. In 2014 he was appointed Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. Twice-Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey has written, ‘There are few living writers who can take us back in time so assuredly, through such gorgeous sentences. Joseph O'Connor is a wonder, and Shadowplay is a triumph.’

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Donal Ryan is the author of four bestselling novels and a short story collection. He has won numerous awards, among them the European Union Prize for Literature, The Guardian First Book Award and three Irish Book Awards. He was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2013 for his debut, The Spinning Heart, and again in 2018, for From A Low And Quiet Sea. His work has been adapted for stage and screen, and The Spinning Heart is a set text on the Leaving Certificate syllabus and in 2016 was voted Irish Book of the Decade in a nationwide poll run by Dublin Book Festival.

Professor Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Prof of pedagogy

Sarah is professor of pedagogy and an award-winning teacher at the University of Limerick with a particular interest in creativity. She has researched extensively on the writing process across a range of contexts and uses her training in psychology and pedagogy to shed light on how writers can nourish and develop their practice. Also an author, her first novel, Back to Blackbrick was published in 2013 and adapted for the stage at the Edinburgh Festival and at the Arts Theatre in London’s West End. Her second novel, The Apple Tart of Hope, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and her latest, A Strange Kind of Brave, was shortlisted in the 2019 Irish Book Awards. Her fiction has been translated into over sixteen languages, and in 2016 she was winner of the Irish Writers’ Centre’s Jack Harte Award. She is part of the creative writing team at UL and is programme founder and director of UL’s Creative Writing Winter School

Dr Gavin McCrea

UL Writer in Residence 2020

Gavin McCrea holds a BA and an MA from University College Dublin, and an MA and a PhD from the University of East Anglia. His first novel, Mrs Engels was published in 2015, and his second, The Sisters Mao, comes out in Spring 2021. He is currently Writer in Residence at the University of Limerick.

Kate O'Brien creative writing doctoral fellow at UL

Rob Doyle is a writer from Dublin. His first novel, Here Are the Young Men, was published in 2014 by Bloomsbury and the Lilliput Press. It was selected as one of Hot Press magazine’s ‘20 Greatest Irish Novels 1916-2016’, and has been made into a film. Rob’s second book, This is the Ritual, was published in 2016 to widespread acclaim. He is the editor of the anthology The Other Irish Tradition (Dalkey Archive Press), and In This Skull Hotel Where I Never Sleep (Broken Dimanche Press). He has written for the Guardian, TLS, Vice, Sunday Times, Dublin Review, Observer and many other publications, and he writes a weekly books column for the Irish Times. Rob Doyle’s new novel, Threshold,was published by Bloomsbury in January 2020.

Professor Eoin Devereux

Professor in Sociology, University of Limerick and Professor of Contemporary Culture, University of Jyvasklya, Finland.

Eoin Devereux writes poetry and short fiction.   His work has been broadcast by RTE Radio 1’s Poetry Programme; The Bookshow on One and Sunday Miscellany.  Hennessy New Irish Writing published his poem ‘The Bodhi Tree’ in 2017 and it was subsequently shortlisted for a Hennessy Award. His short fiction has appeared in The Irish Times and on RTE Radio.  Eoin’s work has been published in Southwords, The Ogham Stone; Boyne Berries; Number Eleven; The Bohemyth; The HCE Review and The Galway Review. A member of the WritePace Co-operative, Eoin co-organises the UL Winter School in Creative Writing with Professor Sarah Moore and lectures at the UL Frank McCourt Summer School in Creative Writing at NYU.  Eoin has collaborated with singer Gavin Friday to record The Fall song ‘Slags, Slates, Slags etc.’ He has written extended sleevenotes for the re-issued versions of The Cranberries’ albums ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?’ (Universal Island, 2018) and ‘No Need To Argue’ (Universal Island, 2020).

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Creative Writing at UL hosts, promotes and supports a range of local, national and international events, publications and graduate achievements. Check back here for regular updates

Joseph O'Connor's Shadowplay won the An Post/Eason Irish novel of the year; was shortlisted for the Costa Novel award and has been shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

About creative writing at the university of limerick.

At UL all our creative writing programmes are carefully designed to support the best kind of learning and development - taught by active creative writers who are also experienced teachers.

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We’d love to hear from you! If you're interested in making contact this Spring, please email Sarah Moore with any questions, or queries about our programmes

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Applicants must normally have a first or second class Level 8 honours degree (NFQ or other internationally recognised equivalent) in a relevant or appropriate subject, or equivalent prior learning or experience that is recognised by the University as meeting this requirement. This might include creative work in writing or the arts.

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The University of Limerick offers a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, taught by internationally successful authors including our Chair of Creative Writing, Professor Joseph O’Connor (author of the million-selling Star of the Sea), Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart) and Giles Foden, (The Last King of Scotland). This one-year programme enables students to develop their skills in creative writing through careful consideration of the work of established writers; through study of the elements of a piece of creative writing; through assignments that enable students to master strategies for revision of their work; and through an understanding of the requirements of the submission and publication process. Through coursework students consider the role of plot, characterization, dialogue, and point-of-view in crafting compelling fiction and drama.

Students experience teaching-visits from leading contemporary authors. Our Creative Writing students experience teaching-visits, seminars and readings from outstanding contemporary authors. Recent visitors have included Colum McCann, Claire Keegan, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Colin Barrett, Sara Baume and Pulitzer prize winner Richard Ford.

Students gain practical experience through working on our literary journal The Ogham Stone and in the preparation of their dissertation portfolios. Ireland was the homeland of some of the twentieth century's most accomplished writers, and the city of Limerick has a rich history in creative writing, memorialized in the Frank McCourt museum, and celebrated annually with several literary festivals - the Limerick Literary Weekend; the Eigse Michael Hartnett Poetry Arts and Literary Festival; and Cuisle, the Limerick International Poetry Festival.

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DREAMS – 50 years of creativity, culture and community at University of Limerick

A new book documenting 50 years of creativity, culture and community at University of Limerick has been launched.

Professor of Creative Writing at University of Limerick and international bestselling author Joseph O’Connor devised and lead-edited a special edition collection of essays in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the University’s foundation. ‘DREAMS – 50 years of creativity, culture and community at University of Limerick’, was co-edited by Eoin Devereux, Professor of Cultural Sociology and Sarah Moore, Professor of Teaching, Learning and Creative Practice at UL.

The book features fifty contributions from or about people associated with the University, including, among others - internationally acclaimed composer Bill Whelan, entrepreneur Paddy Meskell, Noel Hogan of The Cranberries, Irish rugby legend Paul O’Connell, interview with rap artist Denise Chaila, award winning author Donal Ryan, human rights activist Donnah Vuma and President of Ireland Michael D Higgins.

The sumptuously illustrated book, published by Irish Academic Press, also features a wide variety of writing, with poetry, personal memoirs, scholarly essays, and students’ tweets among the rich contributions celebrating a wide spectrum of members of the UL community, from catering and ground staff to teachers, researchers, inspirational current students, and alumni.

Speaking at the launch of DREAMS at UL’s Plassey House this Wednesday, UL President Professor Kerstin Mey said: “I t is very difficult to capture the essence of a place at a moment in time but this is precisely what Professor Joseph O’Connor and co editors Eoin Devereux and Sarah Moore have achieved with DREAMS. The composite picture of University of Limerick presented by the book is a moving tapestry of the amazingly vibrant people of our community. There is a richness of stories and a sense of belonging to UL within the pages of DREAMS that is truly humbling. This magnificent text will hold its place as an anthology of creative and scholarly writings to celebrate our milestone fiftieth anniversary. Between these pages, there is a restlessness to push on, to do more around the vital issues of sustainability, inclusion, class, disability, participation, and equality. It is a book that entertains and educates, that celebrates and honours – but also a book that challenges us to DREAM. ”

Professor Joseph O’Connor said: “ To have been asked by University of Limerick to devise and project-manage the fiftieth anniversary book was an honour and a challenge, for which I am profoundly grateful. “When researchers and readers in the future want to know what UL was like in 2023, they will have this book, made by so many of us who value and believe in this place, as map of where we were, and of where we wanted to go .”

Included among the pages of the beautifully illustrated volume are many images of the institution and its people, as well as the Special Collections and Archives of the Glucksman Library, highlighting the many treasures located there. Also featured are contributions from professors, lecturers, researchers, PhD students, writers-in-residence, poets, former Fulbright scholars at UL, biographers who have used the Library.

All of UL’s faculties are represented in the book, as is the University Concert Hall and the very special place that sport plays at UL. One highlight includes a piece by the great Paul O’Connell (in conversation with Joseph O’Connor) in which he looks forward to UL’s growing presence in the city. He says: “ I always felt UL was open and it was the place you did your sports. It was brilliant…I joined the gym here about 17 and started doing my weights here. And literally, until I retired as a professional rugby player at the age of 35, I would have been going in and out to UL all the time. So, it’s a second home in one way .”

Among other essential voices is an essay from Wafa Rougab, one of the many Algerian PhD candidates who enriched UL by becoming part of the community in 2021, while also saluting the courage and commitment of those like Charlie Mullowney who campaigns for people with disabilities.

It also honours the profound example of Donna Sibandah Vuma, whose studies began while she was a mother living in Direct Provision. Donna writes about the positive experience she had with the Mature Access programme at UL, adding that pursuing education later in life should not be “frightening” but something that can be coped with, so just “zone in”. Her piece finishes with some inspiring words about the value of education, as she writes: “Education to me means knowledge, hope and power. It means and shifting in one’s way of thinking and being able to identify one’s own worth.”

‘DREAMS – 50 years of creativity, culture and community at University of Limerick’ is published by Irish Academic Press and is available now in bookshops and also online from the publisher here .

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This programme enables students to develop their skills in creative writing through careful consideration of the work of established writers; through study of the elements and formal structures of a piece of creative writing; through assignments that enable students to employ and master strategies for revision and refinement of their work; and through an understanding of the requirements of the submission and publication process. Through coursework students will consider the role of plot, characterization, dialogue, and point-of- view in crafting compelling fiction and drama; they will consider how figurative language, syntax, rhythm and imagery contribute to a poem's meaning; they will learn the different conventions associated with non-fictional forms.

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Creative Writing Fellowship @ UL: call for applications.

Creative Writing Fellow position at University of Limerick in 2020 – Closing date Oct 15th.

Applications are invited from Irish writers of established reputation for the position of Creative Writing Fellow, School of English, Irish and Communication, Creative Writing programme at University of Limerick, 2020. The role is jointly funded by the Arts Council and UL Creative Writing.  The Creative Writing Fellow role is designed to provide a writer with a unique opportunity to develop his/her practice in a university environment while giving students and other members of the university community the opportunity to engage with a practicing writer.  The Fellowship will be tenable for the calendar year 2020, with a break from mid-June to August.  The successful applicant will be paid a fee of €20,000.

The Fellow will work with University of Limerick MA students on the spring 2020 modules ‘Individual Creative Writing Project’ and ‘Creative Writers in the Community’, on the autumn module ‘Project Development for Creative Writers’ and in a number of other ways.  (Details of those modules may be found by logging onto UL Book of Modules.)  The Fellow will also make contributions to the wider cultural life of the University and the city.  Previous appointments to the position of Creative Writing Fellow include Donal Ryan, Mary O’Malley, Julian Gough and Martin Dyar.

Candidates are invited to submit a covering letter by email outlining their interest, together with a full CV containing details of their teaching experience and ideas, with names and contact details of 2 referees, to:  Ms. Niamh O’Sullivan, School Administrator, School of English, Irish and Communication, UL,  [email protected]  .

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview during the week beginning 4 th  November.

Shortlisting will be based on the following criteria:

• Artistic track record.
• Experience teaching creative writing.
• Experience organizing and/or participating in literary events and other literary activities, for example editing and/or journal production.
• The quality of the proposal/proposed approach to the residency.

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For a role description or to make informal enquiries, please contact  [email protected]

Closing Date: 14 October 2019, 5 pm GMT.

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This programme is suitable for students who want to develop their creative writing skills through consideration of the work of established writers; through study of the many aspects of a piece of successful Creative Writing; through assignments that foster strategies for revision of work; and through an understanding of the requirements of the redrafting, submission and publication processes.

1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, on campus.

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Many applicants for our Creative Writing MA have a first or second class Level 8 honours degree (NFQ or other internationally recognised equivalent) but application is open to everyone, including applicants who do not have a primary degree but have what might be considered equivalent experience, perhaps in the arts, publishing, bookselling, writing, creativity or some related activity. Please note, we always receive more applications than we have places to offer. Applicants must accompany their formal online application with a 3,000 word sample of their creative writing (this can be one single piece or several pieces totalling 3,000 words) and a one-page letter setting out why they would like to work with us on our MA programme as opposed to the many other Creative Writing MA programmes now available. Previous experience of Creative Writing workshops is helpful. The Application Portfolio is assessed by a small committee of staff, who judge submissions on their originality, technique, and readability. Please note that we are not in a position to offer feedback to applicants who are not offered a place. Applicants must satisfy the English Language Requirements of the University. Portfolio Admission will also be based upon a piece or pieces of creative work up to 3000 words submitted by the student as part of the application process. This might be a novel extract, a short story, a set of poems or a screenplay. This creative work will be assessed by a small committee of staff, who will judge submissions on their originality, technique, and intellectual rigour. What to include with your application Qualification transcripts and certificates Portfolio Supporting Statement English language qualification if English is not your first language A copy of your birth certificate/passport If your qualifications have been obtained in a country where English is an official language this will suffice If this is not available, the following additional documents must be provided: • English translation of your qualification(s)/transcripts AND • English language competency certificate

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Graduate careers Recent graduates of our Creative Writing MA have been published nationally and internationally and have won or been short-listed for major literary prizes, including the prestigious Hennessy New Writer of the Year Award, the RTE Francis McManus Award, the Listowel Writers’ Week Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award, the Arts Council Next Generation Award and the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair Award.

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Preparing your Application: 1. Research your programme: Each postgraduate programme at University of Limerick is unique. Explore your course content, duration, fees, and entry requirements on ul.ie. 2. Check Eligibility: Ensure that you meet the eligibility criteria for the course you are interested in. This usually includes your undergraduate degree award, subject specialities, English language proficiency (for non-native speakers), and any specific requirements for the course. 3. Prepare Documents: Gather all the necessary documents. This typically includes your academic transcripts, CV, personal statement, and references. If English is not your first language, you’ll also need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency. 4. Online Application: Once you are ready to apply, visit your postgraduate programme page on ul.ie/gps and use the Apply Now button to access UL’s online application system. You will need to create an account if you are a new user. 5. Complete the Application: Fill in the application form with all the required details. This will include personal information and academic history. 6. Upload Documents: Upload all the necessary documents that you prepared earlier. Make sure they are clear and legible. 7. Submit Application: Review your application thoroughly to ensure all information is correct and then submit your application. The application fee for your postgraduate application is €50. This includes an option to choose a second choice. 8. Track Your Application: After submission, you can track the status of your application through the online application system. 9. Interview: Depending on the programme, you may be invited for an interview. This could be in person or online. 10. Acceptance: If your application is successful, you will receive an offer email from the university. You will need to accept this offer to secure your place. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and places offered to successful candidates. This means that it’s a good idea to apply as early as possible to increase your chances of securing a place. Please note that these steps are a general guide and the exact process may vary depending on the specific programme and your individual circumstances. Always check the University of Limerick website or contact the postgraduate admissions department for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

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Key programme benefits to future students Our Creative Writing students enjoy teaching visits and readings from outstanding contemporary authors. Visitors to UL Creative Writing have included Colum McCann, Anne Enright, Louise O’Neill, Claire Keegan, Mary O’Malley, Sara Baume, Liz Nugent, Marian Keyes, Sinead Gleeson, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford and Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry. Our Chair of Creative Writing is Prof Joseph O’Connor (author of nine novels including, My Father’s House, Ghost Light, The Thrill of it All, the million-selling Star of the Sea, and Shadowplay, winner of the Novel of the Year Award at the 2019 Irish Book Awards, shortlisted for the UK’s prestigious Costa Novel Award, 2020). Our outstanding teachers include twice Booker Prize-longlisted Donal Ryan, (author of The Spinning Heart, From a Low and Quiet Sea and Strange Flowers), widely acclaimed Rob Doyle (Here Are the Young Men and This is the Ritual), and Irish Book Award nominee Prof Sarah Moore Fitzgerald (The Apple Tart of Hope and A Strange Kind of Brave), internationally published Young Adult author and lecturer on self-motivation for writers.

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Autumn Modules • Creative Writing 1 • Applied Editing1 • Project Development for Creative Writers Optional Modules Literary Modernism | Gender and Sexuality in Irish Writing | Literature, Film and Human Rights | Literature of Migration | Writing Memoir, Biography and Autobiography Spring Modules • Writerly Reading: Aspects of Storytelling • Individual Creative Writing Project with Dissertation Plan • Creative Writing 2 • A Weekly Workshop • Applied Editing 2 Optional Modules Politics and American Literature | Post‐Colonial Theory and Literature | Feminist Literary Theory | Textual Constructions of Cultural Identity | Utopian Theory and Texts | Public Fiction and Private Life | Issues in Modern and Contemporary Poetry | Creative Writers in the Community Creative Writers in the Community Summer Modules • Dissertation

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UL Creative Writing Festival will bring literary buzz to Limerick

THERE will be a strong local representation in the line-up of award-winning writers when the University of Limerick holds its Creative Writing Festival from May 20 to 22.

Along with such well-known names as Roddy Doyle, Lisa McInerney and Louise Kennedy, the programme will include UL writers in residence Kit de Waal, Donal Ryan and Joseph O’Connor as well as Limerick native Kevin Barry.

It will be the first in-person festival since 2018 and with all events taking place in the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, it’s already shaping up as an early summer treat for readers and book lovers alike.

The occasion will be marked by the launch of this year’s edition of The Ogham Stone, UL’s literary journal. As well as several talks and readings, there will also be poetry, book signings and writing workshops. Attendees will have the option to book a tour of the Glucksman Library Special Collections and Archives, which showcases rare books and Irish literary papers.

Festival Chairman, Joseph O’Connor, said: “I’m really looking forward to hosting all these wonderful writers and poets at UL in May for a feast of the written word. I think all of us like being read to – it’s something we carry from childhood – but it’s not every day you can be read to by the great Donal Ryan, Danielle McLaughlin, Louise Kennedy or Roddy Doyle.”

Students from Mungret Community College and CBS Sexton Street will read from the work they have created, under the guidance of UL’s MA in Creative Writing students, as part of the Creative Writers in the Community module.

Module leader Professor Eoin Devereux explained: “This year, our MA students in creative writing have worked with schools in Limerick and Killarney. They have also worked with a Migrants’ Rights Group and with Limerick Writers’ Centre to deliver a series of creative writing classes.”

“A wide variety of genres were used including poetry, short stories, hip-hop lyrics and spoken word performance to nurture creative writing. Our tutors have been wowed by the quality of the work created by these creative writers – young and old.”

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Described as the highlight of early summer for all readers and book lovers, the UL Creative Writing Festival returns for 2022 with writers such as Kevin Barry speaking at the festival

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THE UL Creative Writing Festival will take centre stage again this year as literary legends come to Limerick to share their tips, insights and views on their most esteemed works.

Described as the highlight of early summer for all readers and book lovers, the UL Creative Writing Festival returns for 2022, featuring a stellar line-up of international, award-winning writers. 

These include The Commitments creator Roddy Doyle, who will be conducting a reading with award-winning author and University of Limerick Creative Writing Writer in Residence, Kit deWaal.

Audiences will also be treated to Limerick born and well-travelled author Kevin Barry, noted for Night Boat To Tangier, which was longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.

Danielle McLaughlin, Donal Ryan, Joseph O’Connor, Louise Kennedy, Sebastian Barry and Sarah Moore Fitzgerald also feature on the programme of events.

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Poets on the day include Emily Cullen, Kayssie Kandiwa, Sean Hewitt, Rachael Hegarty and Jane Clarke.

The Festival will include the launch of the 2022 edition of UL’s literary journal The Ogham Stone and readings from UL’s unique “Creative Writers In The Community” module, led by Eoin Devereux.

The line-up of events will see a mix of poetry, prose, talks, writing tips and book signings.

The festival takes place between Friday, May 20 and Sunday, MAY 22 at the Irish World Academy of Music & Dance building, located past the living bridge on the North Campus.

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UL Creative Writing Festival 2022 takes place May 20 – 22

University of Limerick Creative Writing Festival to take centre stage this May Running from 20th-22nd May, we'll be welcoming literary legends to share their tips, insights and views A must for book lovers and aspiring writers alike https://t.co/EOh83j6m36 #CreativeWriting pic.twitter.com/rWSybuiZUE — University Of Limerick (@UL) April 11, 2022

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Poetry Day Ireland 2024

What is the value of poetry in a world that feels like it is burning? Where does art and activism meet, and can poetry really make a difference? These are some of the questions Meskell UL Poet in Residence, Emily Cullen will explore on this year’s national Poetry Day in a special hour-long event that will take place online and is open to everyone.

J oining Emily and poet Eoin Devereux, from the MA in Creative Writing programme, will be guest poet for the occasion, renowned activist, Sarah Clancy. This lunchtime virtual event will take place on Zoom and will include short readings by all three poets and also offer some practical advice around integrating the political into the lyric space.

Tickets are free and all are welcome but advance registration on Eventbrite is essential.

This event is sponsored by the MA in Creative Writing programme and the School of English, Irish, and Communication at the University of Limerick

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