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Robert McClenaghan went to St Paul’s Secondary School in West Belfast and left with one O Level his schooling having been very disrupted by the conflict of that time. He was imprisoned aged eighteen in 1976 in Crumlin Road Gaol and the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh prison). He joined the Blanket Protest where he learned Irish and took part in informal education led by fellow prisoners. From 1983 he studied O Level English and Irish in the Republican Wings of the H Blocks and involved in the Republican education program. He participated in classes using Open University course materials in Social Sciences which were led by Open Universi...ty students. Robert was released in 1988 and at the time of interview in 2013 worked as an Advice Worker in the Lower Falls Sinn Féin Centre and involved with the Falls Residents Association.
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Title: The idea of the Prison becoming a University
Description: Robert McClenaghan describes classes led by Open University students with fellow Republican prisoners in the mid-1980s in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh prison) using Open University course materials in Social Sciences. This clip describes how he saw this as part of the political struggle of Republican prisoners and preparation for life when released from prison.
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Contributor: Robert McClenaghan
Duration: 00:01:23
Master programe code and title: Robert McClenaghan Interview
Master programme start time: 00:30:00
Master programme end time: 00:31:23
Master programme production number: 033_S_01
Available to public: yes