Transcript of an interview with Eamon McConvey, Sinn Fein Downpatrick Councillor for Down District Council, by the students of St. Mary's High School for Civic Voices Memory Bank on 25 February 2010. McConvey discusses the importance of fostering the Irish language as part of the peace process and outlines his inter-community responsibilities as a district councillor. Civic Voices is an international education project which seeks to highlight the significance of political and community activism to the development of peace and democracy around the world. The Memory Bank is an archive of personal testimony of those engaged in such political and community activism.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 25 February 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Eamon McConvey
Role at time of Interview: Sinn Fein Downpatrick Councillor for Down District Council
Interviewer: Students of St Mary's High School
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Audio, Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: © Civic Voices 2011
Link: Access the resource
Programme/Book/Article: Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank
Key Individuals: Eamon McConvey, Manus O'Boyle, Bobby Sands, Alex Maskey, Caitriona Ruane, Margaret Ritchie
Key Words: Downpatrick, religion, civil rights, Sinn Fein, education, Irish language, youth, IRA, prison, politicisation, blanket protest, DUP, Hillsborough Agreement, policing, parade, SDLP, dissident republican, Orange Order