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Thu 05 May 2007Freeman home on The RanchPoet Thomas Kinsella will be made a Freeman of Dublin today. This week he also went back to his city roots, writes Gerry SmythAs well as receiving, along with artist Louis le Brocquy, the freedom of the city in City Hall this evening, poet Thomas Kinsella was also honoured in a ceremony that was less formal, but of particular personal significance as it took place in a local setting that brought him back to his Dublin roots.