| Description | Track 1: recording setup 0.46 mins
Interview with Oliver Kennedy from Londonderry. He talks about living most of his life in the city and his enjoyment of his life there. He thinks that one of the best aspects of the city is its geographical location, and the closeness of Donegal and the north Antrim coast. He discusses his enjoyment of outdoor sports and mountaineering. He explains his use of the words Derry and Londonderry, the occasions on which he would use each name, and the historical commercial links between Derry and the city of London. He talks about the different outlook of the Catholic and Protestant communities. He remembers being aware as a child of there being a difference between Catholic and Protestant communities, partly because the separation of the two communities begins at school. He discusses his own education, his awareness of the segregation of schools along religious lines in more detail and of the division between the two communities through reading about the history of Derry. He remembers feeling that history was on the Protestant side and discusses his views and feelings about effects of the Presbyterian settlement of the seventeenth century, 1688 and the siege of Derry. He tries to explain some of the complexities of the history of the city and the feeling he had as a child of the need to identify himself with one side, and talks about his own feelings of tolerance towards people from different religious and political backgrounds. He acknowledges that he is speaking from a middle class perspective and that there is much room for improvement because of the survival of segregated clubs and societies. He gives his view about the function and influence of traditional parades on sectarianism, and watching Apprentice Boys parades. He talks about how he and other Protestants regard themselves, as Ulster Irishmen, the presence of the Protestant Irish culture in the country and the fear of the implications of a united Ireland amongst some sections of the Protestant community. He discusses his feelings of sadness at the bigotry displayed by some of the younger people but thinks that most people he knows are rational and realistic, and talks about the Catholic community traditionally having less economic power (tracks 1-16).
Track 17: silence 0.21 mins
Total: 34.48 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0550480 |