Story Title |
Untitled Story, by Rachel Wylie |
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 |
Wylie |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Rachel |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
67 (in 2014) |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Title |
Her word was law |
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 |
Stevenson |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Ann |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
59 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Ann Stevenson gives a short account of her brothers' attempt to join the UDA and their mother's reaction. |
Organisations Mentioned |
Ulster Defence Association (UDA) |
Story Title |
My whole life changed |
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 |
Spence |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Kay |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
65 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Kay Spence gives an account of the impact on her family when her husband, then a loyalist paramilitary, pleaded guilty to killing a Catholic. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Prison |
Dates Mentioned |
[1970s] |
Places Mentioned |
Crumlin Road Gaol; Maze / Long Kesh Prison |
Story Title |
Trevor was dead and I was three months pregnant |
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 |
Smith |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Margaret |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
63 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Trevor McNulty |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Wife |
Status |
Political activist |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Margaret Smith gives an account of the killing of her husband in a republican feud in 1977. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Killing |
Organisations Mentioned |
Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Trevor McNulty |
Story Title |
The mist rolled away |
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 |
Paul |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
May |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
82 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
May Paul describes how proud she was to have been a member of the peace people. |
Dates Mentioned |
[1970s] |
Organisations Mentioned |
Peace People |
Story Title |
He died a week later |
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 |
Morrison |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Betty |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
62 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Betty Morrison gives an account of a bomb explosion that killed a work colleague in 1972. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Killing; Bombing |
Dates Mentioned |
5 February 1972 |
Places Mentioned |
Castle Lane [Belfast, Northern Ireland] |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Paul McFadden (5 February 1972) |
Story Title |
The Abercorn bomb |
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 |
McIlroy |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Donna |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
49 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Donna McIlroy describes how she was caught up in the Abercorn Restaurant bomb when she was a child aged seven. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Bombing |
Dates Mentioned |
4 March 1972 |
Events Mentioned |
Abercorn Restaurant bomb (4 March 1972) |
Story Title |
I miss you a great deal but I'm still your mother |
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 |
Linhart |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Joan |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
85 (in 2014) |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Channel Islands |
Victim 1 |
Malcolm Orr |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Mother |
Victim 2 |
Peter Orr |
Relationship Victim 2 |
Mother |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Joan Linhart gives an account of the killing of her two sons in 1972 and the impact it had on her family. |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Malcolm Orr (5 July 1972); Peter Orr (5 July 1972) |
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) |
Story Title |
Like it was yesterday |
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 |
Johnston |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Joan |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
60 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Hugh Harvey |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Sister |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Joan Johnston gives an account of the impact on her family of the death of her brother in a bomb explosion. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
28 February 1974 [1970s] |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Hugh Harvey (28 February 1974) |