Louis Leonard, by Ciaran Leonard and Loretta Lynch (story details)

Story Title: Louis Leonard

Collection: Unfinished Business: State Killings (collection)
Organisation: Rolston, Bill. (individual compiler)

An account, based on a joint interview, from a collection of personal accounts compiled by Bill Rolston, with Mairead Gilmartin. The accounts were given by relatives and friends of people who were killed by state forces in Northern Ireland.

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Title
 Louis Leonard, by Ciaran Leonard and Loretta Lynch (story details)
Description
 An account, based on a joint interview, from a collection of personal accounts compiled by Bill Rolston, with Mairead Gilmartin. The accounts were given by relatives and friends of people who were killed by state forces in Northern Ireland.
Creator
 Bill Rolston, with Mairead Gilmartin
Publisher
 Beyond the Pale Publications
Date
 2000
Relation
 Extracts from the book are available on the CAIN Web site:
Rolston, Bill., with Gilmartin, Mairead. (2000). Unfinished Business: State Killings and the Quest for Truth. Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publications.
http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/violence/docs/rolston00.htm
Format
 Text
Language
 English
CAIN: Sutton's Index of Deaths: Louis Leonard
Story Title
 Louis Leonard
Story Available
 Not on-line. Story available in published book.
Story Format
 Text
Story Source
 Chapter 2, in:
Rolston, Bill., and Gilmartin, Mairead. (2000). Unfinished Business: State Killings and the Quest for Truth. Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publications.
Interviewee Surname
 Leonard; and Lynch
Interviewee Forename(s)
 Ciaran; and Loretta
Interviewee Gender
 Male; and Female
Birth Country
 Northern Ireland
Victim 1
 Louis Leonard
Relationship Victim 1
 Brother
Status
 Civilian
Published Format
 Document
Themes/Topics Mentioned
 Killing; State Killing
Dates Mentioned
 16 December 1972
Places Mentioned
 Derrylin [County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland]
Organisations Mentioned
 British Army (BA); Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Specific Deaths Mentioned
 Louis Leonard (16 December 1972)

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CAIN: Sutton's Index of Deaths: Louis Leonard

Collection InformationShowHide

Title
 Unfinished Business: State Killings (collection)
Description
 Unfinished Business is a book containing a collection of stories that was compiled and published by Bill Rolston with Mairead Gilmartin.
Creator
 Bill Rolston, with Mairead Gilmartin
Subject
 Personal accounts related to killings by the state in Northern Ireland during the period of the conflict.
Publisher
 Beyond the Pale Publications.
Date
 2000
Relation
 The collection of stories is contained in the book:
Rolston, Bill., with Gilmartin, Mairead. (2000). Unfinished Business: State Killings and the Quest for Truth. Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publications.
Format
 Book
Language
 English
Identifier
 ISBN 1 900960 09 5

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
 Rolston, Bill. (individual compiler)
Description
 Bill Rolston is an Emeritus Professor Of Sociology at Ulster University. He has written extensively about various aspects of the Northern Ireland conflict, including victims, and story-telling. He has also published books containing collections of personal accounts.
Creator
 Bill Rolston
Subject
 Personal accounts / stories related to the Northern Ireland conflict.
Date
 2014
Relation
 The CAIN Bibliography contains a list of most of Bill Rolston's publications. His books which contain personal accounts are:
Rolston, Bill., with Gilmartin, Mairead. (2000). Unfinished Business: State Killings and the Quest for Truth. Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publications.
Rolston, Bill. (2011). Children of the Revolution: The lives of sons and daughters of activists in Northern Ireland. Derry: Guildhall Press.

Citation

Bill Rolston, with Mairead Gilmartin. (2000). Louis Leonard. Beyond the Pale Publications.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 7 March 2025 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2890/>
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