Tag: Family of Internee

Tommy Holland

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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Pat McGinn

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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Maura Dougan

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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Geard O' Neill

Geard O’Neill

Geard’s father was interned in the 1940s,1950s and 1970s. His brother, Danny was shot dead while his father was interned in Long Kesh. His aunt Bridie was the only woman to be interned in the 1950s.

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Michael Doherty's brother Kieran

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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Declan Murphy

Declan talks about his mother’s family history being steeped in Irish republicanism.

His uncle Joe McElhaw spent time working in England and the USA, where he joined the Marines before returning home in the1960s to run the family pub on Camlough.

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Jim Hargey

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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