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Tommy Quigley went to St Peter’s Secondary School in Belfast and left after doing the Junior Certificate. He was imprisoned at age sixteen in 1972 in Crumlin Road Gaol Armagh Gaol and Long Kesh (Compounds the Maze and Long Kesh prison) and released in 1975. From 1984 he was imprisoned in the Special Secure Units of Parkhurst and Full Sutton Prisons where he studied Social Sciences with The Open University from 1988 graduating in 1994. He was transferred to Maghaberry Prison in 1996 where he started studying for a PhD in Hindsight Bias with The Open University. Two years later he was transferred to the Republican wings of the H Blocks (th...e Maze and Long Kesh Prison). He was released in 1999 and at the time of interview in 2011 was Project Coordinator of Tar Isteach a Republican ex-Prisoners Support Group in North Belfast.
Tommy Quigley went to St Peter’s Secondary School in Belfast and left after doing the Junior Certificate. He was imprisoned at age sixteen in 1972 in Crumlin Road Gaol Armagh Gaol and Long Kesh (Compounds the Maze and Long Kesh prison) and released in 1975. From 1984 he was imprisoned in the Special Secure Units of Parkhurst and Full Sutton Prisons where he studied Social Sciences with The Open University from 1988 graduating in 1994. He was transferred to Maghaberry Prison in 1996 where he started studying for a PhD in Hindsight Bias with The Open University. Two years later he was transferred to the Republican wings of the H Blocks (th...e Maze and Long Kesh Prison). He was released in 1999 and at the time of interview in 2011 was Project Coordinator of Tar Isteach a Republican ex-Prisoners Support Group in North Belfast.
| Title: | I got those skills from the OU |
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| Description: | Tommy Quigley Republican ex prisoner was imprisoned from 1984 in the Special Secure Units of Parkhurst and Full Sutton Prisons transferred to Maghaberry Prison in 1996 studied Social Sciences with The Open University. He describes how he used the skills of compiling evidence and developing arguments to support his legal appeals and how he credits those skills which he still uses in his job today to his OU studies. | 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: | Tommy Quigley |
| Duration: | 00:02:00 |
| Master programe code and title: | Tommy Quigley Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:12:19 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:14:19 |
| Master programme production number: | 045_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
