Prisons Memory Archive website (website details)
Collection: Prisons Memory Archive (collection)
Organisation: Queens University Belfast (organisation)
The Prisons Memory Archive project conducted 175 interviews with people who passed through Maze / Long Kesh prison and Armagh Gaol, during the period of the conflict. Thirty-six of these interviews are currently available on the Prisons Memory Archive website. The website presents segments of interviews according to main themes. The whole interviews are also available.
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Title |
Prisons Memory Archive website (website details) |
Description |
The Prisons Memory Archive project conducted 175 interviews with people who passed through Maze / Long Kesh prison and Armagh Gaol, during the period of the conflict. Thirty-six of these interviews are currently available on the Prisons Memory Archive website. The website presents segments of interviews according to main themes. The whole interviews are also available. |
Creator |
Cahal McLaughlin, Queens University Belfast (QUB) |
Subject |
Personal Accounts / Story-Telling related to the Northern Ireland conflict |
Publisher |
Prisons Memory Archive |
Date |
2014 |
Format |
Website |
Language |
English |
Local URL |
http://prisonsmemoryarchive.com/ |
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Title |
Prisons Memory Archive (collection) |
Description |
"The Prisons Memory Archive has recorded 175 interviews from those who passed through Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison. These prisons were both touchstone and tinderbox during the 30 years of the violent conflict about the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. The range of participants in the PMA includes prison staff, prisoners, visitors, teachers, chaplains and probation officers." [from the Prisons Memory Archive Web site] |
Creator |
Cahal McLaughlin, Queens University Belfast (QUB). |
Subject |
Personal Accounts / Story-Telling related to the Northern Ireland conflict. |
Publisher |
Prisons Memory Archive / QUB |
Date |
2014 |
Format |
Videos on website |
Language |
English |
Stories Collected |
175 |
Stories Deposited |
0 (However, 36 stories are available on the external website) |
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Queens University Belfast (organisation) |
Description |
The School of Creative Arts, at Queens University, is the base for Professor Cahal McLaughlin who has been involved in producing documentaries about the conflict in Northern Ireland. In particular he has filmed numerous interviews where a range of people have been given the opportunity to tell their own story. Professor McLaughlin was previously a member of staff at the University of Ulster. |
Date |
2014 |
Status |
Active (checked March 2014) |
Address |
Queen's University Belfast University Road Belfast Northern Ireland BT7 1NN |
Citation
Cahal McLaughlin, Queens University Belfast (QUB). (2014). Prisons Memory Archive website (website details). Prisons Memory Archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 18 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2921>
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 18 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2921>