Untitled Story, by Eileen Weir (story details) Deposited

Story Title: Untitled Story, by Eileen Weir

Collection: The Memory Project (collection)
Organisation: Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd. (organisation)

The video interview with Eileen Weir was carried out by Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd. as part of The Memory Project. It is one of 12 video interviews. The film interview was recorded at Shankill Women’s Centre, Shankill Road, Belfast on 30 September 2013.
At the time of the interview Eileen Weir worked at Shankill Women’s Centre, Belfast.

Eileen Weir gives an account of growing up duing the Troubles and joining the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) for a short period of time when she was 16 years of age. She later became involved with the Trade Union movement.

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Title
 Untitled Story, by Eileen Weir (story details)
Description
 The video interview with Eileen Weir was carried out by Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd. as part of The Memory Project. It is one of 12 video interviews. The film interview was recorded at Shankill Women’s Centre, Shankill Road, Belfast on 30 September 2013.
At the time of the interview Eileen Weir worked at Shankill Women’s Centre, Belfast.
Creator
 Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd.
Publisher
 Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd.
Date
 2013
Format
 Video
Language
 English
Story Title
 Untitled Story, by Eileen Weir
Story Available
 Yes
Story Format
 Video
Story Source
 The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict.
Film interview available at website:
https://vimeo.com/120173490
Interview transcript also available:
http://www.smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Interview-with-Eileen-Weir-Transcript-The-Memory-Project-Smashing-Times-Theatre-Company.pdf
Interviewee Surname
 Weir
Interviewee Forename(s)
 Eileen
Interviewee Gender
 Female
Religion
 Protestant
Birth Country
 Northern Ireland
Previous Address
 Shankill Road, west Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Status
 Civilian
Story Abstract
 Eileen Weir gives an account of growing up duing the Troubles and joining the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) for a short period of time when she was 16 years of age. She later became involved with the Trade Union movement.
Themes/Topics Mentioned
 Paramilitary Groups;
Women;
Identity
Events Mentioned
 Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) Strike (May 1974)
Places Mentioned
 Shankill Road [west Belfast, Northern Ireland]
Organisations Mentioned
 Ulster Defence Association (UDA)

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Title
 The Memory Project (collection)
Description
 "The Memory Project is an exciting, innovative arts programme that uses drama and theatre to deal with the past and build pathways for the future and to promote peace, reconciliation and mutual understanding in Northern Ireland and the southern border counties.
The project is run by Smashing Times Theatre Company in collaboration with Corrymeela Community / Irish Peace Centres and is funded through the EU’s European Regional Development fund through the PEACE III Programme for Peace and Reconciliation managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
The project consists of a series of creative storytelling happenings, workshops and dramatic performances, along with a television documentary which will be made to record the process." (from the Smashing Times Theatre Company website)
In addition to the 12 filmed interviews (involving 15 interviewees), the project also produced an hour-long documentary entitled 'The Memory Project: Stories from the Shadows' which documented the work of the theatre company, over the course of two years, as it carried out the project.
Two theatre productions were also presented as part of The Memory Project.
Creator
 Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd.
Publisher
 Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd.
Date
 2015
Stories Collected
 12
Stories Deposited
 11

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
 Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd. (organisation)
Description
 "Smashing Times is a professional theatre and film company involved in performance, training and participation. The work is underpinned by a rights-based approach and a commitment to artistic excellence and social engagement. The company has four high profile patrons – Sabina Higgins, Áras an Uachtaráin First Lady; Joan Freeman, CEO, Pieta House; Ger Ryan, Actor; and Tim Pat Coogan, Author and Historian.
The company was established in 1991 by a group of women actors, who met at the Focus Theatre, Dublin. These women were interested in challenging the elitist position that theatre sometimes holds in Irish society. Today the work takes place at local, national and transnational levels and is presented in a range of settings from the professional theatre space to on tour in schools and communities where we are invited to work with people collaboratively." (from the Smashing Times Theatre website)
Smashing Times has undertaken a number of projects and The Memory Project (2012-2015) involved story-telling related to the Northern Ireland conflict.
Date Formed
 1991
Status
 In operation (checked February 2015)
Address
 Coleraine House
Coleraine Street
Dublin 7
Ireland
Telephone
 + 353 (0) 1 8656613
Email
 freda@smashingtimes.ie

Citation

Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd.. (2013). Untitled Story, by Eileen Weir. Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd..
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 27 December 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/index.php/items/show/3464>
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