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Out on the
Streets
Mary Kelly
Well basically what happened was that I saw kids
throwing stones and bottles and I thought -look at all the size of them ;
do they realise what’s going on ; do they realise the consequences if
bigger people got involved ; somebody could end up shot; some child
going for a bottle of milk could lose their life because of this. So that’s
when I went out into the street and thank God I had a couple of people
who also came out with me. At the beginning I was more or less just
out, as people would say, “slabbering.”
This was the start of the “interfaces” when a wee crowd would come up
from the Protestant end and a wee crowd from the Catholic end and it
was 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other. I could stand back and see that
there were kids caught up in it. I wondered how I could get across there
to the “other side” to get to know some of the woman down there so I
would be able to say to them to keep their kids away and we on our side
would do the same. And then as it flourished and people got to know
you, they knew you were doing it for a purpose.
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I believed that every man in his
house had a responsibility to
know where his kids were and
what they were doing. We
approached lots of parents and
asked them if they knew where
their kids were and what they were doing? We
didn’t care what religion they were and warned them that it was time
they did know where they were and that they needed to go and get
them. My name got around – “she’s out there she is,” and the kids used
to shout –“here come Mary Kelly.“ You would have thought I was
carrying a machine gun.
Nobody really threatened me. You would have got the odd one
shouting out their neck –“who do you think you are?” I would say –“I
don’t think I’m anybody but I’m telling you we’re not having it; we’re not
letting this area go down the tube; I’ve seen too many areas going down
the tube and this one certainly isn’t. I’ve worked too hard buying my
house and I’m still paying for it and I’m not putting up with you or
anybody taking this away from me and that’s the way it’s gonna be.”
On reflection I would say I still wouldn’t let anybody do anything if I
thought somebody was in danger. It’s my nature; I can’t help myself; I
would have to get involved no matter who it would be if I thought that
somebody was deliberately abusing someone. If I was about I would
have to say-“here what’s going on?” I can’t help my nature. It’s not being
nosey. The way I look at it is if everybody took that stand- ‘well I wouldn’t
like that done to my child’ –then maybe we would have a better place.
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Up Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland (<em>collection</em>)
Description
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A collection of 16 personal stories, published in book format and DVD, related to the Northern Ireland conflict.
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The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves.
Publisher
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The Corrymeela Community
Date
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1 May 2013
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Document
Language
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English
Coverage
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Northern Ireland | 1968-2013
Relation
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<strong>Pettis, Sean. (ed.) </strong><span>(2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. 36. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press.</span>
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http://www.storiesofcourage.net/
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"‘UP Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland’ features diverse accounts from people who stood up to violence, discrimination or prejudice in Northern Ireland. It provides a window into often untold stories of courage that individuals have shown in the context of a divided and often violent society." (Up Standing; 2013; back cover)
Availability Online
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deposited
Organisation ID
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25
Stories Collected
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16
Stories Deposited
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9
Collection Permission Form
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Yes (signed 13 November 2014)
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No
Publication
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Author
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Mary Kelly
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2013; Publication
Publication Title
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<span>'Out On The Streets', chapter, in, </span><strong>Pettis, Sean. (ed.) </strong><span>(2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press.<br /><strong>Also available at:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.storiesofcourage.net/" target="_blank">http://www.storiesofcourage.net/</a></span>
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Belfast
Publisher
The Corrymeela Press
Publication Type
Report, Book, Manual etc.
Chapter in book
Publication Status
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Published
Number of Pages
2
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Title
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<em>Out On The Streets</em><span>, by Mary Kelly (<em>story text</em>)</span>
Description
An account of the resource
One of 16 personal accounts that were published in the book: 'Up Standing: Stories of courage from Northern Ireland'. (2013).
Creator
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The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves.
Publisher
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The Corrymeela Press
Date
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2013
Format
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PDF version of book chapter
Language
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English
Availability Online
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deposited
Catalogue ID
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2140
Corrymeela Community
Up Standing