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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 – Peter Heathwood

Cliftonville’s Peter Heathwood was shot by gunmen in the 1970s, now wheelchair-bound, seeks truth about his attack while working with WAVE Trauma Centre to support victims.
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02/03/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Margaret McDevitt

Margaret McDevitt combined Christian faith with community service, volunteering across divides at the YMCA and knitting for newborns at the Royal Maternity Hospital throughout conflict.
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25/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Mina Wardle

Mina Wardle survived a traumatic robbery that left her agoraphobic, then channelled that experience into founding the Shankill Stress and Trauma Group to support fellow victims in Belfast.
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24/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Darren Ferguson

Glengormley’s Darren Ferguson founded Beyond Skin and Homely Planet, using music and arts to empower young people across cultural divides while promoting diversity and mutual respect in Belfast.
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24/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – WRDA Lectures – Margaret Ward

Dr Margaret Ward lectured at Ulster Hall on Ulster Suffragettes including Elizabeth Bell and Margaret McCoubrey, who faced imprisonment and hunger strikes fighting for women’s voting rights.
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24/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Nelson McCausland

North Belfast politician Nelson McCausland, Oxford-educated teacher turned DUP minister, champions Ulster Scots language heritage and culture through education and legislative advocacy.
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24/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Mike Maloney

Australian Mike moved to Belfast in 1981, co-founded Belfast Community Circus and Prison Arts Foundation, using performing arts to transform young people from troubled backgrounds across divides.
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24/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – John McNally

West Belfast boxer John McNally won an Olympic silver medal in 1952 and earned multiple international titles, remaining a unifying sporting figure across sectarian divides throughout his career.
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24/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Martine Madden

North Queen Street’s Martine Madden was run over by a British Army vehicle at age five, had her foot amputated, and received minimal compensation despite lifelong physical and family impacts.
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23/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – WRDA Lectures – Dr Myrtle Hill

Dr Myrtle Hill lectures on Belfast’s forgotten women pioneers like Isabella Tod and Margaret Byers who shaped female education and missionary work across unionist communities.
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23/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – WRDA Lectures – Baroness May Blood

Baroness May Blood rose from Belfast linen mill worker to trade unionist and became the first Northern Irish woman in the House of Lords as Baroness Blood of Blackwatertown.
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23/02/2013

Our Generation: Stories – Albert Fry

Belfast’s Albert Fry, an engineer and Gaelic League President, championed Irish language revival through schools and cultural groups amidst Troubles-era political pressures.
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22/02/2013
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