Irish Memories: Dr. Maire O’Shea; Tape 04

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Summary

An interview with Dr. Maire O’Shea, arrested on 5th January 1985 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and charged under the Conspiracy Laws.

Year:

1990

Duration:

0:22:00

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Genre:

Campaigning Film

Company:

Trade Union Resource Centre

Master format:

U-matic Lo band

Description

Dr. O’Shea talks about the Communist party and its links to The Connolly Association. She goes on to detail her memberships of The Connolly Association, The Anti-Internment League and the Irish in Britain Representation Group. She describes her part in organising a mental health conference in 1987/88, prompted by a survey which highlighted a disproportionate number of Irish admissions to psychiatric hospitals in Britain. She finishes by discussing the idea of the Irish as a repressed minority.

Credits

A TURC video tape made by Marian Hall
Interview by Patsy Davis

Notes

Connolly Association
Troops Out movement
IBRG - Irish in Britain Representation Group
International Health Forum