Untitled Story, by Paddy G (story details)

Story Title: Paddy G > County Monaghan

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.

[Story is in Irish (Gaelic); no translation has been provided]

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Title
 Untitled Story, by Paddy G (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
Format
 Text
Language
 Irish (Gaelic)
Coverage
 Border Counties of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland; 1968-2006
Story Title
 Paddy G > County Monaghan
Story Available
 In book (not on-line)
Story Format
 Text (pages 208-210 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
Identity Provided?
 No; forename only
Interviewee Forename(s)
 Paddy G
Interviewee Gender
 Male
Published Format
 Document
Story Abstract
 [Story is in Irish (Gaelic); no translation has been provided]
Themes/Topics Mentioned
 Borders (Frontiers); Borders Region; Boundaries; Irish language movement; IRA Border Campaign, 1956-62; Belfast Agreement; Good Friday Agreement; Aontas Bhéil Feirste; Aontas Aoine an Chéasta;
Dates Mentioned
 1956
Events Mentioned
 Hunger Strikes 1981; Stailce Ocrais 1981;
Places Mentioned
 County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland; Monaghan Town; Baile Muineachán; Ranafast, Co Donegal; Rann na Feirste, Tír Chonaill; Scotland; Albain; University College Dublin; UCD; Coláiste na hOllscoile Áth Chliath; Armagh; Ard Mhacha; Belfast; Béal Feirste; Dungannon; Dhún Gheannain; Greencastle, Co. Tyrone; Chaisleán Glas, Thír Eoghain; Gweedore; Gaoth Dobhair; An Gaeltacht; Connemara; Conamara; Musgrave Estate, Teelin, Co. Donegal; Estát Mhusgrave, Teileann, Tír Conaill; Co. Down; Condae an Dúin; Bangor; Beannchor; Crawfordsburn; Co. Meath; Condae na Mí; Gortahork; Gort a'Choirce; Glasgow; Glaschú; Maghera; Machaire Rátha; Magherafelt; Machaire Fíolta; Srá Bán; Strabane; Creeslough; Craosloch; Termon; Tearmann;
People Mentioned
 Máirtín Ó Cadhain; Domhnall Ó Moráin; Gerry Adams; Bobby Sands; Éamon Ó Cuiv;
Organisations Mentioned
 Gael Linn; RUC; IRA; Irish Republican Army; B Specials; Bord Failte; Christian Brothers; Bráithre Criostaí; Ulster Unionists; Aondachtóirí an Tuaiscirt; Dáil Uladh; Old IRA; Sean IRA; Sinn Féin; Stickies [Official Republican Movement]; Údarás na Gaeltachta

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). Paddy G > County Monaghan. Gallery of Photography.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 20 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2562>

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Borderlines (book details)

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