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Pat Sheehan attended St Malachy’s College in Belfast where he gained O Levels. He was imprisoned aged nineteen in 1978 in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and released in 1987. Pat was rearrested in 1989 and after two years in Crumlin Road Gaol went to the H Blocks where he became involved in education in 1991. He then completed GCSEs began studying Social Sciences and Philosophy with The Open University in 1992 and graduated with a first class honours degree in 1998. At time of interview in 2011 Pat was a Sinn Féin Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing West Belfast at the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Pat Sheehan attended St Malachy’s College in Belfast where he gained O Levels. He was imprisoned aged nineteen in 1978 in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and released in 1987. Pat was rearrested in 1989 and after two years in Crumlin Road Gaol went to the H Blocks where he became involved in education in 1991. He then completed GCSEs began studying Social Sciences and Philosophy with The Open University in 1992 and graduated with a first class honours degree in 1998. At time of interview in 2011 Pat was a Sinn Féin Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing West Belfast at the Northern Ireland Assembly.
| Gender: | Male |
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| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Project person ID: | 028_S |
| Interviewee role: | studied in prison, 1992-1998 |
| Location where studied: | H Blocks The Maze and Long Kesh |
