There will be a day of reckoning, by Mary Kelly (story details)

Story Title: There will be a day of reckoning

Collection: Shankill Women’s Centre
Organisation: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]

An oral history recorded by Shankill Women's Centre, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.

Mary Kelly gives an account of the impact on her family of the killing of her brother Michael McLarnon by the British Army (BA) on 29 October 1971.

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Title
There will be a day of reckoning, by Mary Kelly (story details)
Description
An oral history recorded by Shankill Women's Centre, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Creator
Shankill Women's Centre, and Dúchas
Publisher
Dúchas oral history archive
Date
2014
Format
Text
Language
English
CAIN: Sutton's Index of Deaths: Michael McLarnon
Story Title
There will be a day of reckoning
Story Available
Not on-line. Story available in published book and in the Dúchas oral history archive.
Story Format
Text
Story Source
Story contained in the book:
n.a. (2014). Living Through The Conflict: Belfast oral histories. Belfast: Dúchas oral history archive.
Interviewee Surname
Kelly
Interviewee Forename(s)
Mary
Interviewee Gender
Female
Age
67 (in 2014)
Religion
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Birth Country
Northern Ireland
Victim 1
Michael McLarnon
Relationship Victim 1
Sister
Status
Civilian
Published Format
Document
Story Abstract
Mary Kelly gives an account of the impact on her family of the killing of her brother Michael McLarnon by the British Army (BA) on 29 October 1971.
Themes/Topics Mentioned
Killing
Dates Mentioned
29 October 1971 [1970s]
Places Mentioned
Etna Drive [Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland]
Organisations Mentioned
British Army (BA); Historical Enquiries Team (HET)
Specific Deaths Mentioned
Michael McLarnon (29 October 1971)

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Title
Shankill Women’s Centre

Organisation 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)

Citation

Shankill Women's Centre, and Dúchas. (2014). There will be a day of reckoning. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 26 December 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/index.php/items/show/2640>

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