Transcript of an interview with Sean Osborne, former member of the IRA, by the students of St. Mary's High School for Civic Voices Memory Bank on 25 February 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: 25 February 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Sean Osborne
Role at time of Interview: Community outreach activist
Interviewer: Students of St Mary's High School
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Audio, Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: © Civic Voices 2011
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Programme/Book/Article: Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank
Time Period covered: 1957-2010
Key Individuals: Sean Osborne, Jim Toner, Peter Watterson, Frankie Smyth, Sian Slowville, Plum Smith, Roisin McGlone, Martin Sheen
Key Words: Youth, education, British Army, Belfast Telegraph, Fianna Erin, IRA, RUC, UDR, Mackies Foundry, religion, unemployment, South Africa, racism, gender, RUC