Transcript of an interview with PJ McClean, former member of NICRA, by students of Magherafelt High School for Civic Voices Memory Bank on 11 May 2011. 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: 11 May 2011
Name of First Interviewee: PJ McClean
Role at time of Interview: Former member of NICRA
Interviewer: Students of Magherafelt 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: PJ McClean, Conn McCluskey
Key Words: Family, youth, religion, education, housing, election, parade, prison, Special Powers Act, NICRA, trade union, Campaign for Democracy in Ulster, hunger-strike