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Living Through The Conflict (book details)

Collection: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]
Organisation: Falls Community Council (organisation) [NC]

A book containing extracts from oral histories recorded as part of the Pieces of the Past project and added to the Dúchas oral history archive.

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Title
Living Through The Conflict (book details)
Description
A book containing extracts from oral histories recorded as part of the Pieces of the Past project and added to the Dúchas oral history archive.
Creator
Dúchas oral history archive
Publisher
Dúchas oral history archive
Date
2014
Language
English, and Irish (with English translation)
Coverage
Northern Ireland | 1968-2014
Author
n.a.
Date Type
2014
Publication Title
Living Through The Conflict: Belfast oral histories
Publisher Location
Belfast
Publisher
Dúchas oral history archive
Publication Status
Published
Number of Pages
128
ISBN
978-0-9930521-0-1

Collection InformationShowHide

Title
Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]
Description
"The Dúchas project was developed by Falls Community Council in 1999 to record the experience of the conflict in nationalist West Belfast through oral history accounts." (Kelly, 2005; p.54)
Between 2012 and 2014 Dúchas worked in partnership with a number of groups to record oral history accounts related to the conflict, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Creator
Falls Community Council
Subject
A collection of recordings of personal accounts of life in west Belfast during the period of the conflict.
Date
1999
Coverage
1969 to present day.
Address
Falls Community Council
275-277 Falls Road
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT12 6FD
Stories Collected
100 in Dúchas archive (another 150 stories in the process of being archived)

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
Falls Community Council (organisation) [NC]
Description
"Falls Community Council is a community development organisation set up in 1974 to work for economic justice and social inclusion for the community in West Belfast." (Kelly, 2005; p.54)
The Falls Community Council is responsible for the Dúchas oral history archive which was established in 1999 to record the experience of the conflict.
Date
1974

Citation

Dúchas oral history archive. (2014). Living Through The Conflict (book details). Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 29 March 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/index.php/items/show/2433>

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