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N. IRELAND INDEX| THE SONGS| INTERVIEWS | MUSIC GALLERY| MURALS GALLERY| INFO| BACKGROUND| CREDITS| HAVE YOUR SAY

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The people interviewed for Thirty Years of Conflict have the most moving, often harrowing memories. Listen to some of these experiences in their own voices.


Tommy Sands
TOMMY SANDS on Civil Rights

"We all sat down and started to sing but then someone started to throw stones and one thing led to another ..."

Steve Travers
STEVE TRAVERS, Miami Showband survivor

"It threw me into the air, and while I was in the air they tell me I was shot in the right hip by an explosive bullet ..."

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TOMMY SANDS on the early years

"All the local farmers would come and they would be both religions ... there's no point in thinking about making war when hay must be made."

Woman
WOMEN on the Troubles

"Through the music making ... you got to know them for who they were and nothing to do with their political identity ... "

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THE MIKE HARDING SHOW

An impeccable selection of the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
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