The following Apirl, by Jude Whyte (story details)

Story Title: The following Apirl

Collection: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]
Organisation: Falls Community Council (organisation) [NC]

An oral history recorded by Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.

Jude Whyte gives an account of the killing of his mother and a police officer at his family home in Belfast in 1984.

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Title
 The following Apirl, by Jude Whyte (story details)
Description
 An oral history recorded by Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Creator
 Dúchas
Publisher
 An oral history recorded by Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Date
 2014
Format
 Text
Language
 English
CAIN: Sutton's Index of Deaths: 12 April 1984
Story Title
 The following Apirl
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
 Whyte
Interviewee Forename(s)
 Jude
Interviewee Gender
 Male
Age
 57 (in 2014)
Religion
 Catholic
Birth Country
 Northern Ireland
Victim 1
 Margaret Whyte (12 April 1984)
Relationship Victim 1
 Son
Status
 Civilian
Published Format
 Document
Story Abstract
 Jude Whyte gives an account of the killing of his mother and a police officer at his family home in Belfast in 1984.
Themes/Topics Mentioned
 Killing
Dates Mentioned
 12 April 1984
Organisations Mentioned
 Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR); Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC); Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Specific Deaths Mentioned
 Margaret Whyte (12 April 1984);
Michael Dawson (12 April 1984);

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CAIN: Sutton's Index of Deaths: 12 April 1984

Collection 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)

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
 Falls Community Council (organisation) [NC]
Description
 "Falls Community Council is a community development organisation set up in 1974 to work for economic justice and social inclusion for the community in West Belfast." (Kelly, 2005; p.54)
The Falls Community Council is responsible for the Dúchas oral history archive which was established in 1999 to record the experience of the conflict.
Date
 1974

Citation

Dúchas. (2014). The following Apirl. An oral history recorded by Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project..
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2695>
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