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Ronnie McCullough attended Somerdale Secondary School in Belfast leaving in 1967 with a Junior Certificate in Maths English and Metalwork. He gained his City and Guilds Certificate in Electrical Installations in 1971 and was imprisoned in Armagh Gaol in 1972. He was in the first group of Loyalists to be transferred to the newly opened Ulster Volunteer Force/Red Hand Commando Compounds in Long Kesh (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison). Ronnie was Education Officer for the UVF/RHC in Long Kesh and from 1975-77 was UVF/RHC Education representation on the Camp Educational Committee (a committee comprised of representatives from all factions in Long... Kesh). He first studied for O Levels and then in 1974 was in the first group of Special Category prisoners to study with The Open University. He studied courses in Social Science and Arts and was released in 1977.
Ronnie McCullough attended Somerdale Secondary School in Belfast leaving in 1967 with a Junior Certificate in Maths English and Metalwork. He gained his City and Guilds Certificate in Electrical Installations in 1971 and was imprisoned in Armagh Gaol in 1972. He was in the first group of Loyalists to be transferred to the newly opened Ulster Volunteer Force/Red Hand Commando Compounds in Long Kesh (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison). Ronnie was Education Officer for the UVF/RHC in Long Kesh and from 1975-77 was UVF/RHC Education representation on the Camp Educational Committee (a committee comprised of representatives from all factions in Long... Kesh). He first studied for O Levels and then in 1974 was in the first group of Special Category prisoners to study with The Open University. He studied courses in Social Science and Arts and was released in 1977.
| Title: | Long Kesh in 1974 |
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| Description: | Ronnie McCullough was in the first group of Loyalists to be transferred in 1972 to the newly opened Ulster Volunteer Force/Red Hand Commando Compounds in Long Kesh (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison). Ronnie was Education Officer for the UVF/RHC in Long Kesh and in 1974 he was in the first group of Special Category prisoners to study with The Open University. In this clip Ronnie describes what conditions were like in Long Kesh in 1974 the year Open University study began. | 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: | Ronnie McCullough |
| Duration: | 00:02:03 |
| Master programe code and title: | Ronnie McCullough Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:14:15 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:16:22 |
| Master programme production number: | 034_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
