Untitled Story, by Paddy G (story details)
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]
Story DetailsShowHide
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 |
|
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
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 December 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2562/>