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) |
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). An educational journey. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 21 November 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2689/>
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 21 November 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2689/>