Transcript of an interview with Paul McLean, DUP Magherafelt Town councillor for Magherafelt District Council, by students of Magherafelt High School for Civic Voices Memory Bank on 12 March 2011. McLean discusses the changing influence of political, cultural and societal issues in Northern Ireland on his 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: 12 March 2011
Name of First Interviewee: Paul McLean
Role at time of Interview: DUP Councillor for Magherafelt District Council
Interviewer: Students of Magherafelt High School
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: © Civic Voices 2011
Link: Access the resource
Programme/Book/Article: Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank
Time Period covered: 1970-2011
Key Individuals: Paul McLean, Ian Paisley, Barack Obama
Key Words: Magherafelt, youth, family, Sinn Fein, justice, policing, Provisional IRA, community relations