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Long Kesh - what was life in a 1970s internment camp like?

The University of Galway has unveiled a new digital archive revealing what life was like in an in...

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15.08 15 Sep 2025


Long Kesh - what was life in a 1970s internment camp like?


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15.08 15 Sep 2025


The University of Galway has unveiled a new digital archive revealing what life was like in an internment camp in the 1970s. The journals and photo albums were given to the college by Paddy McMenamin, who spent time in Long Kesh…

Archivist at the University of Galway Library, Dr Barry Houlihan has been pivotal in collating the material, and joins Seán to discuss.

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