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Our Generation

Since the late 1960s, Northern Ireland has seen an immense landscape of activity in all aspects of society. Implicit within the heritage of the period are the recurring motifs of conflict, violence, peace and reconciliation.

It is against this backdrop that the Our Generation Archive sets out to document the reminiscences and insight of people, who in a myriad of ways, sought to build positive structures, resources and services in the community.

The Our Generation Archive is therefore not so much a hidden heritage, more an unrecorded one of a generation of people who tried new ideas and new ways of engaging others in actions to effect change and build a modern society.

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Our Generation: Stories – Jonathan Bardon

Jonathan Bardon, Dublin-born historian and lecturer, taught in Belfast schools during the Troubles while authoring acclaimed histories including “Belfast: An Illustrated History’.
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06/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – WRDA Lecture Series – Dr. Avila Kilmurray

Dr. Avila Kilmurray talks about Madge Davison was a north Belfast barrister and NICRA civil rights organiser who championed equality during the Troubles before her untimely death aged forty-one.
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06/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Henry Bell

Henry Bell traces his journey from failing the eleven-plus through the Merchant Navy to becoming a Belfast historian, teacher and BBC political analyst passionate about local history’s role in bridging divides.
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06/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Una McGurk

Una McGurk, aged 14, survived the Omagh Bomb with severe injuries and now channels resilience into charity work, refusing to let the tragedy define her future.
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06/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Fergus O’Hare (Part Two)

Fergus established Irish-language schools in Belfast through funding campaigns and now manages Raidió Fáilte radio station, promoting Irish language across communities regardless of background.
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06/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Joe Baker

New Lodge’s Joe Baker overcame illiteracy and a troubled youth to become a community leader, local historian, and author of Belfast Murders.
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05/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Sam McAughtry

Belfast-born writer Sam McAughtry served in the RAF, campaigned against the marriage bar as a trade unionist, and promoted peace through the Peace Train movement.
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05/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Pilib O Runai

After learning Irish in prison, Pilib helped establish Belfast’s Naíscoil an Droichead nursery and primary school, linking communities through Irish education despite security threats.
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05/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – May Blood

Mill worker turned trade unionist May Blood survived sectarian intimidation to become a cross-community activist, Women’s Coalition campaign manager, and Baroness Blood of Blackwatertown.
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05/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Albert Haslett

Shankill Road’s Albert Haslett survived the Belfast Blitz, ran Fernhill House Museum, writes local poetry, and at 86 champions peace and community unity.
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05/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Roisin McGlone

Roisin McGlone worked with Belfast youth on interface areas, established mobile phone networks for peace-building, and campaigns against sectarianism through equality and empowerment initiatives.
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04/03/2013

Our Generation: The Secret’s Out

Belfast’s LGBT community navigated criminalisation through the Troubles, culminating in Jeff Dudgeon’s landmark European court victory that decriminalised homosexual acts and established privacy rights.
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03/03/2013
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