Description
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.
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Title: | Pat Sheehan Interview |
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Interviewer: | Joanna McMinn |
Date of interview: | 19/10/2011 |
Interview duration: | 00:21:37 |
Recording type: | Audio interview |
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 |
Interviewer note: | Interviewed by former tutor |
Available to public: | no |