Tag: Injured in the Troubles
S.E. Fermanagh Foundation
South Fermanagh victims' group
Marie Breen-Smyth, Associate Dean International of the University of Surrey speaks to members of the South East Fermanagh Foundation in Lisnaskea. South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF) is a group of victims from Sout...
Thomas Ward
Experiences of looking for justice
Marie Breen-Smyth the Associated Dean International at the University of Surrey talks to Thomas Ward. After being laid off from his job in London, Tommy returned to Derry to visit his family before heading back to ...
Joe Friel
Memories of Bloody Sunday
Marie Breen-Smyth the Associated Dean International at the University of Surrey talks to Joe Friel. Joe took part in a demonstration in what came to be known as the Bloody Sunday demonstration in Derry on 30th Janu...
Una McGurk
Talking to an Omagh bomb victim
Marie Breen-Smyth, Associate Dean International, University of Surrey talks to Una McGurk. Una McGurk was 14 years old when she was seriously injured in the Omagh Bomb on Saturday 15th August 1998. The Real IRA cla...
Peter Heathwood
Talks about rebuilding his life
Marie Breen-Smyth, the Associated Dean International at the University of Surrey, talks to Peter Heathwood. At home in Cliftonville in north Belfast, Peter was sitting with his wife and three young children after f...
Paul Gallagher
Surviving a shooting
Marie Breen-Smyth the Associated Dean International at the University of Surrey talks to Paul Gallagher about his injury and it affected his life and future and how he has came to terms with it. On the 6th January ...
Martine Madden
Living with amputation
Marie Breen-Smyth the Associated Dean International at the University of Surrey talks to Martine Madden about the injury she suffered, how her family responded to it and how her life has been affected. Martine was ...
Dealing with the Past
Lives affected by the Troubles
Interviews from those whose lives were affected by the Troubles. Alan McBride Alan lost his wife and father-in-law in the Shankill bomb in October 1993, murdered by the IRA. “I’ve been hurt and damaged, I’ve...
Jennifer McNern
Surviving a bomb blast
Marie Breen-Smyth, Associated Dean International at the University of Surrey talks to Jennifer McNern about her experiences of the violence of The Troubles. Jennifer was injured on March 4th, 1972, during a shoppin...
Kate O Hanlon
Nursing at the RVH
The eldest of five children, Kate O Hanlon was born in the Markets area of Belfast in 1930. Her father worked in the Market, “That was a fruit market, where the Waterfront is today, that was all fish markets and the b...
Michael Paterson
A path to clinical psychology
Marie Breen-Smyth, Associate Dean International, University of Surrey talks to Dr Michael Patterson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist about the injuries he received while on patrol with the Royal Ulster Constabulary....
Ballymurphy – The People’s Co-ops
The story of Ballymurphy Enterprises
Like many cities in Britain, Belfast suffered industrial decline in the 1960s. High unemployment rates were the norm for many of the housing estates in west Belfast. “Official statistics in Ballymurphy had 37% of ...