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 |
Her first prison visit |
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) |
Donna |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Religion |
Protestant |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Donna Spence explains the impact on her family when her husband was remanded in jail. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Prison |
Events Mentioned |
Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) strike (May 1974) |
Places Mentioned |
Crumlin Road Gaol |
Organisations Mentioned |
Ulster Defence Association (UDA) |
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 |
Two days after the introduction of internment |
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 |
Simpson |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Sean |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
55 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Seamus Simpson |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Brother |
Status |
Former member of Fianna na hÉireann |
Story Abstract |
Sean Simpson gives an account of the killing of his brother by the British Army. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
11 August 1971; 31 July 1972 [1970s] |
Events Mentioned |
Internment; Operation Motorman |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Seamus Simpson (11 August 1971) |
Story Title |
You were there when nobody was there |
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 |
Rooney |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Paul |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
56 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Occupation during conflict |
Taxi driver |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Paul Rooney gives a short account of working as a 'black taxi' driver in Belfast. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Employment |
Story Title |
Coal driving - one taxi, two drivers |
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 |
Rice |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Seamus |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Occupation during conflict |
Taxi driver |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Seamus Rice gives a short account of sharing the driving of a 'black taxi' in Belfast during the Troubles. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Employment |
Places Mentioned |
Whiterock Road [west Belfast, Northern Ireland] |
Story Title |
We were trying to do something to gain something |
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 |
Rea |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Jim |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
54 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Former loyalist paramilitary, former loyalist prisoner |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Jim Rea gives an account of his time as a loyalist prisoner in the Maze / Long Kesh Prison. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Prison |
Dates Mentioned |
1982 [1980s] |
Events Mentioned |
Prison 'Dirty Protest' |
Places Mentioned |
Maze / Long Kesh Prison |
Organisations Mentioned |
Irish Republican Army (IRA) |
Story Title |
It tore my heart out |
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 |
Quail |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Alan |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
60 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Mark Quail |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Brother |
Status |
Former member Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Former loyalist paramilitary |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Alan Quail gives an account of the killing of his brother Mark Quail in a loyalist feud on 1 November 2001. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
1 November 2001 |
Places Mentioned |
Ballyronan Park [Rathcoole, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland]; Mount Vernon [north Belfast, Northern Ireland] |
Organisations Mentioned |
Ulster Defence Association (UDA); Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Mark Quail (1 November 2001) |
Story Title |
One of the starkest things |
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 |
Price |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Johnston |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
60 (in 2014) |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Johnston Price describes his decision to relocate to a different community in Belfast. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Parades; Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
5 February 1992 [1990s] |
Events Mentioned |
Shooting at Sean Graham's Bookmaker's shop |
Places Mentioned |
Lower Ormeau Road [south Belfast, Northern Ireland] |
Organisations Mentioned |
Orange Order |