An educational journey, by David Stitt (story details)

Story Title: An educational journey

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.

David Stitt describes being caught up in loyalist paramilitary feuds and disputes after his release from prison in 1997.

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Title
An educational journey, by David Stitt (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
Story Title
An educational journey
Interviewee Surname
Stitt
Interviewee Forename(s)
David
Interviewee Gender
Male
Age
43 (in 2014)
Religion
Protestant
Birth Country
Northern Ireland
Status
Former member of Ulster Defence Association (UDA), former loyalist paramilitary
Published Format
Document
Story Abstract
David Stitt describes being caught up in loyalist paramilitary feuds and disputes after his release from prison in 1997.
Themes/Topics Mentioned
Paramilitary Groups; Prison
Dates Mentioned
1997 [1990s]
Organisations Mentioned
Ulster Defence Association (UDA); Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF); Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)

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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). An educational journey. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 29 March 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2689>

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