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A matter of minutes : the enduring legacy of Bloody Sunday / Joanne O'Brien.
Van Pelt Library DA995.L75 O215 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brien, Joanne, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Portrait photography.
- Massacres.
- Political violence.
- Demonstrations.
- Derry (Northern Ireland)--Interviews.
- Derry (Northern Ireland).
- Demonstrations--Northern Ireland--Londonderry--Interviews.
- Political violence--Northern Ireland--Londonderry--Interviews.
- Massacres--Northern Ireland--Londonderry--Interviews.
- Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998--Personal narratives.
- Northern Ireland.
- History.
- Northern Ireland--Derry.
- Portrait photography--Northern Ireland.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 160 pages : portraits, map ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Bloody Sunday
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Wolfhound Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A Matter of Minutes captures the experiences of thirty-three people whose lives were changed forever by the events of Bloody Sunday. Photojournalist Joanne O'Brien paints a stark and stunning picture of bravery, endurance and survival -- not only on 30 January 1972, but in succeeding decades that were lived in the shadow of that disastrous day. On 30 January 1972, Damien Donaghey collapsed on a Derry side-street, a vietim not of CS gas or rubber bullets but of the live gunfire that pierced the air on that sunny afternoon. In less than 45 minutes, the city of Derry was changed forever.
- In an utterly unexpected British Army operation, live bullets were fired into an unsuspecting and terrified crowd of Civil Rights marchers. The horrific and inexplicable scenes that followed claimed dozens of casualties and resulted in the deaths of fourteen civilians. Disbelief stunned the city of Derry. As the Widgery Tribunal unfolded, hopes for truth and justice were replaced by outrage and despair. Three decades later, injured marchers, relatives of the dead, witnesses, and the people of Derry are still waiting for the truth about Bloody Sunday to be recognised by the British authorities. Featuring Joanne O'Brien's striking portrait photographs, A Matter of Minutes is a lasting testament to human spirit and the quest for truth.
- Contents:
- Interviews 21
- Charles Morrison 23
- Patrick McDaid 29
- Liam Wray 33
- Jean Hegarty 37
- Damien Donaghey 41
- Margaret McGuigan 45
- Alana Burke 49
- Ita McKinney & Regina McKinney 53
- Floyd Gilmour 57
- Michael Bradley 61
- Alice Long 65
- Linda Roddy 69
- Daniel Gillespie 73
- Betty Walker & Michelle Walker 77
- Dr Raymond McClean 81
- Eileen Doherty-Green & Tony Doherty 87
- Kay Duddy 93
- Joe Friel 97
- Professor Terence O'Keeffe 101
- John Duddy 107
- Michael McKinney 111
- Mary Donaghey 115
- Daniel McGowan & Teresa McGowan 119
- Raymond Rogan 123
- John Kelly 127
- Michael Bridge 131
- Geraldine Richmond 135
- Maura Young 139
- Bishop Edward Daly 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1903582156
- OCLC:
- 49685244
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