Deirdre talks about her daddy, Terry, who was interned aged 17 in the 1940s.
She describes his dedication in raising funds for internees and their families in the early 1970s.
Terry died suddenly whilst preparing for the homecoming of internees on the last day of internment December 1975.
Audio Transcript
00:00:00.0 00:03:46.9 Deirdre talks about her daddy, Terry, and the stories she heard about him after he was interned on the Al Rawdah when he was 17 years old.
00:03:46.9 00:06:19.6 Terry came from a republican family, his brother, Hugh, was interned at the end of the 1950s.
00:06:19.6 00:09:53.7 Early 1970s family goes ‘on the run’ for a time. Terry and other former internees helped establish the Gaelic League in Lurgan.
00:09:53.7 00:12:39.4 Deirdre’s two brothers sentenced prisoners in Long Kesh. Collecting money for Green Cross.
00:12:39.4 00:16:32.3 Deirdre recalls the day the sudden death of her daddy, the same day internment ended, December 05th 1975.
00:16:32.3 00:20:08.0 With her daddy the previous night collecting for the Green Cross.
00:20:08.0 00:23:53.0 Throughout the years after his death learning how greatly her daddy had been respected.
00:23:53.0 00:26:01.7 Missed by his old friends.
00:26:01.7 00:27:38.0 Terry’s legacy.
