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Sean Murray is from West Belfast and was studying Social Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast in 1972 when he was interned. He completed his first year studies while in Long Kesh and was released in 1974. He was imprisoned in 1981 and studied Social Sciences with The Open University in the Republican Wings of the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) from 1984-1986. Sean was responsible for developing the education system among Republican prisoners after the end of the Blanket Protest and Hunger Strikes. He was released in 1987 and at the time of interview in 2011 was on the Sinn Féin Political Directorate and working as Party Staf...f Support for Sinn Féin at the Assembly at Stormont.
Sean Murray is from West Belfast and was studying Social Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast in 1972 when he was interned. He completed his first year studies while in Long Kesh and was released in 1974. He was imprisoned in 1981 and studied Social Sciences with The Open University in the Republican Wings of the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) from 1984-1986. Sean was responsible for developing the education system among Republican prisoners after the end of the Blanket Protest and Hunger Strikes. He was released in 1987 and at the time of interview in 2011 was on the Sinn Féin Political Directorate and working as Party Staf...f Support for Sinn Féin at the Assembly at Stormont.
| Title: | Winning the battle for education |
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| Description: | Sean Murray had completed his first year studies with Queen’s University Belfast in Long Kesh Internment Camp in 1972. He was responsible for developing education among Republican prisoners in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) after the end of the Protests in 1983. He studied with The Open University in the Republican Wings of the H Blocks from 1984. He describes overcoming negative perceptions of education among Republican prisoners and battling with the Prison authorities for access to education. | Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Contributor: | Sean Murray |
| Duration: | 00:01:59 |
| Master programe code and title: | Sean Murray Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:08:34 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:10:29 |
| Master programme production number: | 037_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
