Transcript of an interview with Michael Longley, poet, by the students of Methodist College Belfast for Civic Voices Memory Bank on 16 April 2010. Longley discusses the impact of the Troubles on his poetry and the Arts more widely. 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: 16 April 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Michael Longley
Role at time of Interview: Poet
Interviewer: Students of Methodist College, Belfast
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Audio, Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: (c) Civic Voices
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Programme/Book/Article: Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank
Key Individuals: Michael Longley
Key Words: Belfast, youth, education, border campaign, civil rights, Burntollet, IRA, Second World War, the Arts, Irish language, Mountbatten assassination