Taking Up Arms, by Lawrence McKeown (story details)

Story Title: Taking Up Arms

Collection: Personal Accounts from Northern Ireland's Troubles (collection)
Organisation: Cost of the Troubles Survey, The (organisation) [NC]

"Lawrence McKeown was interviewed in April 1997 in Ballymurphy, West Belfast. He is a former member of the IRA, who was involved in the hunger strike in 1981 in which ten men died." Smyth and Fay (eds) (2000; p.51).

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Title
 Taking Up Arms, by Lawrence McKeown (story details)
Creator
 Marie Smyth and Marie-Therese Fay (editors)
Story Title
 Taking Up Arms
Story Available
 Yes
Story Format
 Text
Story Source
 Chapter 5, in, Smyth, Marie. Fay, Marie-Therese. (eds) (2000). Personal Accounts from Northern Ireland's Troubles: Public Conflict, Private Loss. London: Pluto Press.
Interviewee Surname
 McKeown
Interviewee Forename(s)
 Lawrence
Language Spoken
 English
Interviewee Gender
 Male
Religion
 Catholic
Birth Country
 Northern Ireland
Status
 Paramilitary, Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Ind Delay Access Date
 n.a.
Published Format
 Document
Story Abstract
 "Lawrence McKeown was interviewed in April 1997 in Ballymurphy, West Belfast. He is a former member of the IRA, who was involved in the hunger strike in 1981 in which ten men died." Smyth and Fay (eds) (2000; p.51).

Collection InformationShowHide

Title
 Personal Accounts from Northern Ireland's Troubles (collection)
Description
 This collection is contained in an edited book which has 14 personal accounts from individuals affected by the conflict in Northern Ireland. The accounts are based on in-depth interviews and survey work conducted by The Cost of the Troubles Study which operated from 1996 to 1999.
Creator
 Marie Smyth and Marie-Therese Fay (editors)
Subject
 Story-Telling / Personal Accounts related to the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Source
 The Cost of the Troubles Study:
http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/cts/
Publisher
 Pluto Press
Date
 2000
Format
 Book
Language
 English

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
 Cost of the Troubles Survey, The (organisation) [NC]
Description
 "The Cost of the Troubles Study Ltd is a recognised charity and a limited company. The Board of Directors is composed of a team of people from all parts of the religious/political spectrum who have all been directly affected by the violence of the 'Troubles'."
CAIN. 2003.
Creator
 "The Board of Directors is composed of a team of people from all parts of the religious/political spectrum who have all been directly affected by the violence of the 'Troubles'. The Board also contains two researchers, one full-time, - Marie Smyth, Research Fellow, INCORE (the United Nations University and the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland) who is the Project Director and one part-time, Mike Morrissey, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, The University of Ulster and Director of The Urban Institute, Belfast. The project also employs Marie-Therese Fay, Research Officer; Grainne Kelly, Researcher and Gwen Ford, Project Administrator."
CAIN. 2003.
Subject
 Northern Ireland Conflict
Source
 http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/cts/
Date
 1999
Language
 English
Date Formed
 1996
Status
 Ended 1999
Funder
 "The Cost of the Troubles Study is a recognised charity and a company limited by guarantee and not having share capital. We are funded by the Central Community Relations Unit; Making Belfast Work, North & West Teams; The Special Support Programme for Peace & Reconciliation through N.I.V.T.; The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and private donation. "
CAIN. 2003.

Citation

Marie Smyth and Marie-Therese Fay (editors). Taking Up Arms.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2049>
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