Ardoyne - telling the long hidden truth
A community tells its own history.
The new book "Ardoyne - the Untold Truth" was launched on August 15, 2002.
A DVD about the making of the book, including a short introduction into the history
of the troubles and the recording of the book launch ist available since August 15, 2004.
>>>> informations about the book <<<<
>>>> Some impressions from the DVD <<<<
Ardoyne is an Irish community of about 6000 inhabitants in the North of Belfast.
In several hundreds of interviews with familiy members, friends and eyewitnesses
the Ardoyne Commemoration Committee has compiled the history of all Ardoyne victims -
99 people - who died as a consequence of the last 30 years of conflict.
The book is a personal testimony of the Ardoyne community and gives a deep
insight into the conflict, the situation in which ordinary people were living
and the politication of the irish-catholic people in the North during the troubles.
The introduction to the different periods between 1969 and 2002 add to this
authenticity by several interviews with local Ardoyne people of the period
under consideration.
On August 15, 2004 a DVD about the book was launched:
the DVD can be bought from us.
Lenght: 71' 27''
Language: englisch
Price: EUR 15,00 (Shipping charges within Europe included)
It contains a short introduction into the history of the troubles, a record of the
book launch "Ardoyne the Untold Truth" in August 2002 with speeches of the chair person
of the "Ardoyne Commemoration Project", the former irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds,
Jimmy Govern, who made the film "Sunday" about Bloody Sunday in Derry, Alex Maskey,
the first ever Sinn Fein mayor of Belfast and the chairman of the board of governors
at Holy Cross Father Aidan Troy, who had to face the corridor of hate against the
Holy Cross girls for three months.
Three family members of Ardoyne victims tell their story in commemoration
of all victims.
Some headlines from Ardoyne:
>>>> 09.09.2004 UDA gang rams bar with burning digger <<<<
On July 12, 2004 police and british Army forced a march of supporters of an Orange
parade through Ardoyne - against the order of the parade commission:
>>>> 22.07.2004 interview with Gerry Kelly (SF)(e) <<<<
>>>> February 20, 2004: North Belfast News on the suicides in Ardoyne <<<<
"it’s a pity it took so many lives to be lost before anyone
paid attention"
(Phil McTaggert from the PIPS project, Ardoyne)
>>>> North Belfast News Editorial: "Community rising from the ashes" <<<<
New Lodge, a community in the neighborhood of Ardoyne, North Belfast.
The youth centre on the left hand side only opens during morning time.
Although youth workers are willing to mind afternoon or evening openings without additional pay
the officials refuse to extend the opening period.
(Foto: Anita Heiliger, August 2003)
Background: the book "Ardoyne - the Untold truth" (August 2002) is a personal
testimony of the Ardoyne community with a deep insight on the situation of ordinary
people in the conflict.
Terror against the school girls from Holy Cross school
>>>> overview<<<<
