Everything changed when I was eight years of age, by Alan McVeigh (story details)
Story Title: Everything changed when I was eight years of age
Collection: Charter NI
Organisation: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]
An oral history recorded by Charter NI, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Alan McVeigh gives an account of the abduction and killing of his father and another man which occurred as part of a loyalist feud in 1975.
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Title |
Everything changed when I was eight years of age, by Alan McVeigh (story details) |
Description |
An oral history recorded by Charter NI, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project. |
Creator |
Charter NI, and Dúchas |
Publisher |
Dúchas oral history archive |
Date |
2014 |
Format |
Text |
Language |
English |
CAIN Links |
CAIN: Sutton's Index of Deaths: 7 April 1975 |
Story Title |
Everything changed when I was eight years of age |
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 |
McVeigh |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Alan |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
47 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Hugh McVeigh |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Son |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Alan McVeigh gives an account of the abduction and killing of his father and another man which occurred as part of a loyalist feud in 1975. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
7 April 1975 [1970s] |
Organisations Mentioned |
Ulster Defence Association (UDA); Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Hugh McVeigh (7 April 1975); David Douglas (7 April 1975) |
Additonal related information on the CAIN Web site ShowHide
CAIN: Sutton's Index of Deaths: 7 April 1975
Collection InformationShowHide
Title |
Charter NI |
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
Charter NI, and Dúchas. (2014). Everything changed when I was eight years of age. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 20 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2661>
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 20 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2661>