Eamon McDevitt play aims to give voice to deaf community

The tragic story of the shooting of Eamon McDevitt by the British army in 1971, and its impact on the deaf community, is being told through sign language, writes Caomhán Keane

AQUOTE attributed to James Joyce, “With language comes culture”, is a maxim the deaf community are hoping to impress on the public during ISL (Irish Sign Language) Awareness Week, which runs September 20-28.

Despite the impetus put on the Irish Government by the Good Friday Agreement, it has yet to recognise ISL as an official language, leaving members of the deaf community to view themselves as an oppressed minority at the hands of a hearing elite.