Untitled Story, by Anna Dixon (story details)

Story Title: Anna Dixon > County Fermanagh

Collection: Borderlines (collection) [NC]
Organisation: Gallery of Photography, Ireland (organisation) [NC]

One of 100 edited versions of oral interviews compiled as part of the Borderlines Project. The project was carried out by the Borderlines Team which also produced a collection of photographs that formed part of the overall archive. The project produced a travelling exhibition and a book also entitled 'Borderlines'. The personal accounts reproduced in the book record peoples' experiences of life along the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Borderlines was a Gallery of Photography (Dublin) project, organised in collaboration with Dara Training and Consultancy.

Anna Dixon gives an account of live in the border areas of County Fermanagh and County Monaghan. She also describes how her husband, Jim Dixon, was seriously injured in the Enniskillen bomb on 8 November 1987.

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Title
Untitled Story, by Anna Dixon (story details)
Description
One of 100 edited versions of oral interviews compiled as part of the Borderlines Project. The project was carried out by the Borderlines Team which also produced a collection of photographs that formed part of the overall archive. The project produced a travelling exhibition and a book also entitled 'Borderlines'. The personal accounts reproduced in the book record peoples' experiences of life along the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Borderlines was a Gallery of Photography (Dublin) project, organised in collaboration with Dara Training and Consultancy.
Creator
Borderlines Project
Subject
Personal accounts / stories related to the Northern Ireland conflict.
Publisher
Gallery of Photography
Date
2006
Relation
An interview with Jim Dixon, the husband of Anna Dixon, is available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCmGqSzY7o
Format
Text
Language
English
Coverage
Border Counties of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland; 1968-2006
Story Title
Anna Dixon > County Fermanagh
Story Available
In book (not on-line)
Story Format
Text (pages 114-118 in the book)
Story Source
Story contained in the book:
Borderlines Team. (2006). Borderlines: personal stories and experiences from the border counties. Dublin: Gallery of Photography.
ISBN: 978-0-9552388-1-9
Interviewee Surname
Dixon
Interviewee Forename(s)
Anna
Interviewee Gender
Female
Religion
Protestant
Marital Status
Married
Birth Country
Northern Ireland
Status
Civilian
Published Format
Document
Story Abstract
Anna Dixon gives an account of live in the border areas of County Fermanagh and County Monaghan. She also describes how her husband, Jim Dixon, was seriously injured in the Enniskillen bomb on 8 November 1987.
Themes/Topics Mentioned
Borders (Frontiers); Borders Region; Boundaries; Bombing
Dates Mentioned
8 November 1987
Events Mentioned
Enniskillen Bomb
Organisations Mentioned
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Collection InformationShowHide

Title
Borderlines (collection) [NC]
Description
The Borderlines project was "an oral and photographic archive project recording peoples' experiences of life along the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland." (From page 6 of the Borderlines book.)
Creator
Gallery of Photography, in collaboration with Dara Training and Consultancy
Publisher
Borderlines Project
Date
2006
Contributor
Research, photography and interviews by the Borderlines Team: Tom Brady; Aine Duffy; Kevin Duffy; Liz Groves; Anthony Haughey; Andrew Kernaghan; Trish Lambe; Colm Laighneach; Mary McAnulty; Peter McKee; Wesley Mitchell; Martin Snoddon; Michael Walsh.
Coverage
Northern Ireland; 1968-2006

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
Gallery of Photography, Ireland (organisation) [NC]
Status
Active (last checked December 2014)
Address
Meeting House Square
Sycamore Street
Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Ireland
Telephone
+353 1 671 4654
Email
info@galleryofphotography.ie
Organisation Abstract
"Established in 1978 by John Osman, the Gallery of Photography is Ireland’s premier venue for photography. Gallery of Photography is a not-for-profit organisation, supported by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council." (from Gallery of Photography website)
The Gallery of Photography, in collaboration with Dara Training and Consultancy, was involved in the Borderlines Project which led to an archive of stories, an exhibition and a book.

Citation

Borderlines Project. (2006). Anna Dixon > County Fermanagh. Gallery of Photography.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 December 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2538/>

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