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Description
Brendan Mackin is from Belfast. He left school at fourteen and started correspondence courses with the Trades Union Congress in London. He was imprisoned in Crumlin Road Gaol in 1972 and participated in political education classes. He was one of the Official IRA prisoners on Hunger Strike in 1972 for political status and one of their negotiators. After the granting of Special Category Status he was moved in 1973 to the newly created Official IRA Compound in Long Kesh (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison). In 1974 he was in the first group of Special Category prisoners to study Social Sciences with The Open University. After his release he was of...fered a place at both Galway University and Ruskin College Oxford but didn’t take them up because of family commitments.
Metadata describing this Open University audio clip
Title: A bit of a catalyst for further discussions
Description: Brendan Mackin reflects on how Open University students from different Compounds (the Maze and Long Kesh prison) studying together in the early 1970s found the space to build up working relationships which paved the way for other discussions to take place between them.
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Contributor: Brendan Mackin
Duration: 00:01:28
Master programe code and title: Brendan Mackin Interview
Master programme start time: 00:17:37
Master programme end time: 00:22:48
Master programme production number: 003_S_02
Available to public: yes