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Collection: The Green and Blue Across the Thin Line (collection) [NC]
Organisation: Diversity Challenges (organisation)

A personal account from a collection of 39 interviews recorded as part of the Green and Blue Across the Thin Line project. The interviews were conducted with former police officers who served in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Extracts from the interviews were published in a book of the same title in 2014. (This account is one of 19 for which the audio file and full transcript were made available at the project's Web site.)

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Title	Untitled Story, by James Swanson (story details)
Description	A personal account from a collection of 39 interviews recorded as part of the Green and Blue Across the Thin Line project. The interviews were conducted with former police officers who served in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Extracts from the interviews were published in a book of the same title in 2014. (This account is one of 19 for which the audio file and full transcript were made available at the project's Web site.)
Creator	Green and Blue – Across the Thin Line project
Subject	The experiences of former police officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC; Northern Ireland) and the Garda Síochána (GS; Republic of Ireland), especially in relation to the border between the two jurisdictions.
Publisher	Diversity Challenges Board
Date	2014
Relation	See also the Green and Blue website: http://www.green-and-blue.org/
Format	Text
Language	English
Coverage	Police Services; Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland; 1920s to 2001

Story Title	Untitled story, by James Swanson
Story Available	Not on-line. Story extract available in published book.
Story Format	Text (page 40 in the book)
Story Source	Story contained in: Moloney, Michelle. (2014). Green and Blue Across the Thin Line - Policing the border: The voices of those who policed the border and their families. Diversity Challenges Board.
Interviewee Surname	Swanson
Interviewee Forename(s)	James
Interviewee Gender	Male
Nationality	Northern Irish
Occupation during conflict	Police officer, Member of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Status	Former member of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Former member of Security Forces.
Published Format	Document
Themes/Topics Mentioned	Policing
Dates Mentioned	1981 [1980s]
Places Mentioned	Dundalk [County Louth, Republic of Ireland]
Organisations Mentioned	Irish Republican Army (IRA); Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)

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Title	Diversity Challenges (organisation)
Description	"Diversity Challenges is a company limited by guarantee (NI50064) and is recognised by the Inland Revenue as a charity Ref NoXR74395. It was founded in 2001 to facilitate change in a number of Cultural groups in Ireland. Diversity Challenges is a member of the International Coalition of the Sites of Conscience." (From Diversity Challenges website) Diversity Challenges has run two recent story-telling projects: Aftermath; and The Green and Blue Across the Thin Line (details of these two projects are contained in the Accounts archive).
Creator	"Diversity Challenges carries out its work through a Coordinator Will Glendinning." (From Diversity Challenges website)
Format	Website
Language	English
Date Formed	2001
Status	Active (last checked 2014)
Address	31 Bessbrook Road Markethill Armagh BT60 1RJ
Telephone	0044 (0)2837507219 0044 (0)7710174754
Email	w.o.m.glen@btinternet.com
Funder	"It has received funding from a number of bodies, trusts and agencies. Diversity Challenges is currently supported from: PEACE III County Louth Peace and Reconciliation Partnership for support under the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation 2007-2013 AFTERMATH PEACE III - Green & Blue Across the thin line." (From Diversity Challenges website)
Work	"To assist culturally specific groups in integrating community relations principles and considerations within all aspects of their work." (From Diversity Challenges website)
Organisation Abstract	Diversity Challenges has worked on a number of projects. Diversity Challenges has run two recent story-telling projects: Aftermath which resulted in 30 recorded interviews; and The Green and Blue Across the Thin Line which resulted in a collection of 39 stories.

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Green and Blue – Across the Thin Line project. (2014). Untitled story, by James Swanson. Diversity Challenges Board.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 2 March 2025 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/index.php/items/show/2882>

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Title	The Green and Blue Across the Thin Line (collection) [NC]
Description	A collection of 39 stories that were compiled as part of a project with the aim: "To develop a storytelling project reflecting the cooperation and interaction between former members of Royal Ulster Constabulary and former members of An Garda Síochána along the border from the establishment of the two Police Forces to 2001." (From the Green and Blue website.) Extracts from the 39 recorded interviews were published in book format in 2014. The associated Green and Blue website contains full transcripts for 24 of the interviews. The website also contains 18 interview audio files (as of 22 January 2016).
Publisher	Diversity Challenges Board
Date	2014
Format	Published book; and Web site
Language	English
Coverage	Police Services; Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland; 1920s to 2001
Stories Collected	39
Stories Deposited	18

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