Transcript of an interview with Ian McCrea, DUP MLA for Mid-Ulster, by the pupils of St Mary's High School, Downpatrick, for Civic Voices Memory Bank on 19 February 2010. McCrea discusses the impact of the Troubles on his community activism and political development. 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: 19 February 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Ian McCrea
Role at time of Interview: DUP MLA for Mid-Ulster
Interviewer: Students of Magherafelt High School
Purpose: Research
Media: Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: © Civic Voices 2011
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Programme/Book/Article: Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank
Time Period covered: 1976-2010
Key Individuals: Ian McCrea, William McCrea, Ian Paisley, Margaret Thatcher
Key Words: Youth, education, DUP, Young Democratics, election, Cookstown