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Jackie McMullan attended St Mary’s Grammar School in Belfast and left aged sixteen with O Levels. He was imprisoned in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh prison) in 1976 and was on the Blanket Protest and Hunger Strike. He started studying Social Sciences with The Open University in 1985 continued studying after his release in 1992 and graduated with an Honours Degree in 1985. He helped to set up and worked for Coiste na nIarchimí the co-ordinating body for Republican ex-prisoners and their families providing services to groups and projects throughout Ireland. Jackie studied for a Diploma in the Irish Language at the University of Uls...ter and at the time of interview in 2011 was Special Advisor for the Minister of Education at the Assembly in Stormont.
Jackie McMullan attended St Mary’s Grammar School in Belfast and left aged sixteen with O Levels. He was imprisoned in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh prison) in 1976 and was on the Blanket Protest and Hunger Strike. He started studying Social Sciences with The Open University in 1985 continued studying after his release in 1992 and graduated with an Honours Degree in 1985. He helped to set up and worked for Coiste na nIarchimí the co-ordinating body for Republican ex-prisoners and their families providing services to groups and projects throughout Ireland. Jackie studied for a Diploma in the Irish Language at the University of Uls...ter and at the time of interview in 2011 was Special Advisor for the Minister of Education at the Assembly in Stormont.
| Title: | There was a great thirst for knowledge |
|---|---|
| Description: | Jackie MacMullan recalls his feelings at starting studying with The Open University in 1985 after the end of the Blanket Protest and Hunger Strikes in the H Blocks (1976-82) and how during the Blanket Protest Republicans talked of books to each other through their cell doors. | 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: | Jackie McMullan |
| Duration: | 00:01:51 |
| Master programe code and title: | Jackie McMullan Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:01:39 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:03:28 |
| Master programme production number: | 014_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
