Duration |
1 minute, 37 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Paddy Gallagher |
Story Title |
Harmonica - Margaret McKinney |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
McKinney |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Margaret |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
60+ |
Religion |
Catholic |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Brian McKinney |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Mother |
ID Victim 1 |
1935 |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Video |
Original Format |
Video_MPEG4, Video_MOV |
Story Abstract |
"Margaret McKinney’s son Brian disappeared in May 1978. After 21 years of campaigning, Margaret finally recovered his body and gave him a proper burial." (from Ordinary Objects website). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
The Disappeared |
Dates Mentioned |
25 May 1978 [1970s]; 29 June 1999 [1990s] |
People Mentioned |
President Bill Clinton, Gerry Adams |
Organisations Mentioned |
Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Brian McKinney (25 May 1978) |
Duration |
2 minutes, 47 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Margaret McKinney |
Story Title |
Sellotape |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
Nickell |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Karen |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
50+ |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Previous Address |
Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
Status |
Civilian |
Story Abstract |
"Karen Nickell was a schoolgirl during the troubles. Her school used sellotape on the windows to prevent the glass from falling into the classroom if there was a bomb blast." (from Ordinary Objects webpage). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Education, bomb precautions |
Dates Mentioned |
1971 [1970s] |
Duration |
2 minutes, 0 seconds |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Karen Nickell |
Story Title |
Tobacco Tin - Gerard Murray |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
Murray |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Gerard |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
50+ |
Religion |
Catholic |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Republican paramilitary; former Republican prisoner |
Story Abstract |
"Republican socialist prisoner Gerard Murray was jailed in Belfast’s Crumlin Road Prison in 1979. While he was inside Gerard made things from whatever he could find, including a tobacco tin which he made for his father in law." (from Ordinary Objects website). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Prison |
Dates Mentioned |
July 1979 [1970s] |
Places Mentioned |
Crumlin Road Prison, Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Original Format |
Video |
Duration |
2 minutes, 11 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Gerard Murray |
Story Title |
Coins - Alex Bunting |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
Bunting |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Alex |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Transcription Permission |
n.a. |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
50+ |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Conflict Victim |
Victim |
Physical Injury |
Injured in bobby-trap bomb in car; lost left leg in the explosion. |
Occupation during conflict |
Taxi driver. |
Status |
Civilian |
Original Format |
Video |
Story Abstract |
"The taxi Alex Bunting was driving was booby trapped. The force of the explosion tore off his left leg. The surgeons gave Alex the loose change that had become embedded in his body and he has kept the coins to remind him of what happened." (from Ordinary Objects website). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Booby-trap bomb, |
Dates Mentioned |
20 October 1991 [1990s] |
Places Mentioned |
Sandy Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Original Format |
DVD |
Duration |
2 minutes, 4 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Alex Bunting |