Political thinking, by Jake Kane (story details)
Story Title: Political thinking
Collection: EPIC (Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre)
Organisation: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]
An oral history recorded by EPIC, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Jake Kane gives an account of his imprisonment in the Long Kesh prison for involvement in Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) activities. Kane was in the same compound as Gusty Spence.
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Title |
Political thinking, by Jake Kane (story details) |
Description |
An oral history recorded by EPIC, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project. |
Creator |
EPIC, and Dúchas |
Publisher |
Dúchas oral history archive |
Date |
2014 |
Format |
Text |
Language |
English |
Story Title |
Political thinking |
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 |
Kane |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Jake |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
55 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Status |
Former Loyalist Paramilitary; Former member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Jake Kane gives an account of his imprisonment in the Long Kesh prison for involvement in Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) activities. Kane was in the same compound as Gusty Spence. |
Places Mentioned |
Maze / Long Kesh Prison |
People Mentioned |
Gusty Spence |
Organisations Mentioned |
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) |
Collection InformationShowHide
Title |
EPIC (Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre) |
Organisation InformationShowHide
Title |
Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC] |
Description |
"The Dúchas project was developed by Falls Community Council in 1999 to record the experience of the conflict in nationalist West Belfast through oral history accounts." (Kelly, 2005; p.54) Between 2012 and 2014 Dúchas worked in partnership with a number of groups to record oral history accounts related to the conflict, as part of the Pieces of the Past project. |
Creator |
Falls Community Council |
Subject |
A collection of recordings of personal accounts of life in west Belfast during the period of the conflict. |
Date |
1999 |
Coverage |
1969 to present day. |
Address |
Falls Community Council 275-277 Falls Road Belfast Northern Ireland BT12 6FD |
Stories Collected |
100 in Dúchas archive (another 150 stories in the process of being archived) |
Citation
EPIC, and Dúchas. (2014). Political thinking. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2639>
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2639>