Story Title |
We were trying to do something to gain something |
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 |
Rea |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Jim |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
54 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Former loyalist paramilitary, former loyalist prisoner |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Jim Rea gives an account of his time as a loyalist prisoner in the Maze / Long Kesh Prison. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Prison |
Dates Mentioned |
1982 [1980s] |
Events Mentioned |
Prison 'Dirty Protest' |
Places Mentioned |
Maze / Long Kesh Prison |
Organisations Mentioned |
Irish Republican Army (IRA) |