Project Full Title |
Pieces of the Past |
Date Formed |
2012 |
Date Ended |
2014 |
Funder |
European Union’s PEACE III Programme |
Dissemination Formats |
Dúchas oral history archive; and book |
Number of Stories |
100 |
Collection Permission Form |
No |
Story Title |
The following Apirl |
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 |
Whyte |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Jude |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
57 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Margaret Whyte (12 April 1984) |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Son |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Jude Whyte gives an account of the killing of his mother and a police officer at his family home in Belfast in 1984. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
12 April 1984 |
Organisations Mentioned |
Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR); Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC); Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Margaret Whyte (12 April 1984); Michael Dawson (12 April 1984); |
Story Title |
Boolavogue |
Interviewee Surname |
Vallely |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Susie |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
59 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Former member of Irish Republican Army (IRA), Former republican paramilitary |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Sussie Vallely gives an account of her arrest and imprisonment |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Paramilitary Groups; Prison |
Dates Mentioned |
1975 [1970s] |
Story Title |
What would this be like filled? |
Interviewee Surname |
Tully |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Charlie |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
64 (in 2014) |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Charlie Tully gives an account of his father's career in football. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Sport |
Organisations Mentioned |
Belfast Celtic football club; Glasgow Celtic football club |
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 |
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 |
Story Title |
Black Clouds |
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 |
Pike |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Michael |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
54 (in 2014) |
Birth Country |
Scotland |
Occupation during conflict |
British soldier |
Status |
Former British Army soldier, former member of security forces |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Michael Pike gives an account of some experiences as a member of the Scots Guards regiment of the British Army in Northern Ireland in the early 1980s. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Hunger Strike |
Dates Mentioned |
1981 [1980s] |
Events Mentioned |
Hunger Strike |
Places Mentioned |
Belfast [Northern Ireland] |
People Mentioned |
Bobby Sands |
Organisations Mentioned |
British Army (BA) |
Story Title |
This huge collective sigh of relief |
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 |
Lavis |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Lee |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
43 (in 2014) |
Birth Country |
England |
Occupation during conflict |
British Army soldier |
Status |
Former member of British Army (BA), Security Forces; |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Lee Lavis gives an account of what it was like for a British soldier at the time of the announcement of the IRA ceasefire. He also recounts the earlier British Army (BA) operation to rebuild and reinforce Crossmaglen and Forkhill police stations. |
Dates Mentioned |
1994 [1990s] |
Events Mentioned |
IRA Ceasefire (31 August 1994); Operation Tonnage |
Story Title |
Those bin lids still echo in my head |
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 |
Groves |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Liz |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
69 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Dates Mentioned |
1981 [1980s] |
Events Mentioned |
Hunger Strikes (1981) |
People Mentioned |
Bobby Sands; Joe McDonnell |
Story Title |
Great handball players then |
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 |
Gallagher |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Micky |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
69 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Places Mentioned |
Casement Park [west Belfast, Northern Ireland] |