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Interview with Laurence McKeown by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007

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Audio interview with Laurence McKeown, former republican hunger-striker, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. McKeown discusses the experience of living through the 1981 hunger-strikes. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the first of a two part interview.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007

Name of First Interviewee: Laurence McKeown

Role at time of Interview: Writer

Interviewer: Don Anderson

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons

Time Period covered: 1976-2007

Key Individuals: Laurence McKeown, Seanna Walsh, Bobby Sands, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Margaret Thatcher

Key Words: Special Category status, hunger-strike, prison, IRA

 

 

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