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Michael Doherty

Michael talks about his period of internment. His two brothers, Terry and Kieran were also interned. Kieran had just turned 17.

Kieran was later imprisoned in the H Blocks where he joined the Blanket Protest and later the hunger strike, he died after 71 days.

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Maura Dougan

Maura tells about her experience of her husband, Frank, being interned in the 1970s and what impact this had on her and their young family.

 She talks about Frank’s experiences after his release.

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Harold Good

Harold talks about his experience as a Methodist minister on the Shankill Road in the late 1960s to early 1970s.

Recalling the general view in the area when internment was introduced.

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Oliver Grimes

Oliver tells us about life growing up in County Tyrone. His father had been interned in the 1920s and a brother was interned in the 1950s. The family faced harassment, particularly from the B Specials.

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Ann Hargey

Ann talks about her fiancé, Jim Hargey, being one of 24 republicans interned in 1969.

She tells us about their wedding while Jim was in Crumlin Road Prison.

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Gerry Haughian

Gerry talks about the period at the beginning of Operation Harvest when he was arrested a number of times.

He decided to leave Lurgan as a number of people, including his brother Joe, had been interned.

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Tommy Holland

Tommy talks about his memories of internment as a ten-year-old in Ballymurphy on August 09th 1971.

Recalling the deaths of some of those he knew. Then being evacuated down south.

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Barbara Hart

Barbara Hart, from the USA studied for her PHD in Trinity College. She researched the life of Elizabeht Kennedy, a Probation Officer who suddenly found herself working in the newly opened internment camp

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Fra McCann

Fra talks about his life as a republican living on the Falls Road. He recalls the escalating conflict in the early 1970s, internment and Bloody Sunday.

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Pat McGinn

Pat talks about the life of Art McAlinden, a veteran republican from south Armagh. He had already spent over 20 years in prisons as a republican prisoner before being interned in August 1971 for two years.

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Liz McKee

Liz recalls her experience as the first female to be interned in the 1970s. Her arrest and time spent in Armagh Gaol, including attempting to escape.

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Brendan McKenna

Brendan talks about his memories of the attack on students’ Civil rights march at Burntollet.

He describes being taken out of his home on August 9th 1971 and being interned for 20 months.

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Phil McCullough

Phil talks about how as a British army paratrooper in the 1960s he was imprisoned for supplying explosives to the IRA. After his release from prison in 1967 he joined the civil rights campaign.

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Noel McGeown

Noel tells us about the history of internment within the family going back to his grandfather in the 1920s and his father, uncles and cousin in the 1940s, 1950s/60s.

He describes the impact of the conflict and internment in the Lurgan area.

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Brian Morgan

Brian describes his periods of internment in Crumlin Road Gaol, The Maidstone, and Long Kesh.
He escaped twice, the second time he was beside Hugh Coney when he was shot dead.

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Danny Morrison

Danny tells us how his interest in politics developed during the1960s .He recalls internment morning in August 1971 and the week of British army raids and gunbattles that followed it.

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Joe Mulhern

Joe tells us about his early childhood experiences living in Australia. The family returned to Belfast in the late 1960s. Joe was interned in the 1970s while still studying for his A Levels. He talks about the impact of that on his life.

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