Episode 9 - Jonathan Burgess - First Released 20/7/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Growing up on the Victoria Road Jonathan Burgess slept underneath the view of a UVF Scarf, a symbol of his rebellion against the aggression toward the Protestant Community in the City following Bloody Sunday. Jonathan discusses how his attitude chan...
Apr 22, 2020•47 min•Ep. 9
Episode 18 - Donna Smith - First Released 23/11/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. The Holywell Testimony Series returns with an interview with Donna Smith. Donna is the mother of Andrew Allen who was murdered in Lisfannon, Co. Donegal by individuals linked to the Republican Action Against Drugs, or RAAD on February 9th 2012. In this...
Apr 22, 2020•19 min•Ep. 18
Episode 4 - James King & Eamonn O’Donnell - First Released 22/5/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. The new edition of the Holywell Trust Testimony Series Podcast is out now for free streaming and downloading on Soundcloud and on iTunes/Apple Podcasts https://soundcloud.com/…/holywell-testimony-james-king-eamo… Discover the street...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 4
Episode 22 - Helen Henderson - First Released 17/5/18 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Continuing on with our final episodes of the Holywell Testimony Series of Podcasts, Eamonn Baker talks to Helen Henderson. Helen is the Managing Director of St. Columb's Park House, who originally grew up in Kilfennan and attended school at Foyle an...
Apr 22, 2020•32 min•Ep. 22
Episode 10 - Sean O’Donnell - First Released 27/7/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Sean O'Donnell was only a Primary School student the day the Good Friday Agreement was signed. In this Testimony Sean discusses what it was like growing up in Strathfoyle in the transition from the Conflict in Northern Ireland to the Peace Process. S...
Apr 22, 2020•49 min•Ep. 10
Episode 5 - Derek Moore - First Released 19/6/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Eamonn Baker returns with a brand new edition of the Testimony Series and this time his interviewee is Derek Moore. Derek originally hails from The Fountain area of the City. He discusses his transition from the Building Site to the Londonderry Bands For...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 5
Episode 23 - Julieann Campbell - First Released 18/5/18 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Joining Eamonn Baker on this final episode is Julieann Campbell. Julieann is a journalist in the city who has worked with families affected by the troubles through her work at the Pat Finucane Centre, the Bloody Sunday Families and through the Mus...
Apr 22, 2020•24 min•Ep. 23
Episode 16 - Ann Walker - First Released 18/10/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Listen to the inspirational testimony of Ann Walker. Once a member of the IRA she left as she felt the cause she was fighting for was not the future she envisaged. Presently Ann is a key member of the Theatre of Witness Production Workshops which breaks...
Apr 22, 2020•32 min•Ep. 16
Episode 6 - Liam McCloskey - First Released 23/6/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. This recording was conducted in the Holywell Trust "The Junction" Room in late 2016 during a Testimony Session. During this session an audience listened to the testimony of Liam McCloskey, a former Republican prisoner at Long Kesh. Liam was the cellma...
Apr 22, 2020•35 min•Ep. 6
Episode 3 - Nigel Hussey - First Released 12/5/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Our testimony series continues with a conversation with Nigel Hussey. In great humour and honesty Nigel recalls his employ at a local supermarket that was targeted by 10 viable bomb attacks, numerous robberies and one that included a gun being pointed t...
Apr 22, 2020•50 min•Ep. 3
Episode 1 - Seamas Heaney - First Released 26/4/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Eamonn Baker interviews Seamas Heaney in the first of the Holywell Trust Testimony series. In June 1978 Seamas’ brother Denis was shot dead in Derry’s City Centre by a member of the British Army. Seamus expresses how his brother’s death impacted on him...
Apr 22, 2020•47 min•Ep. 1
Episode 13 - Emma McGinley - First Released 31/8/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Emma is a volunteer at the youth organisation REACH Across and throughout her testimony she describes the role the organisation has played in her life from her teenage years in broadening her life experiences and meeting people from different cultures...
Apr 22, 2020•27 min•Ep. 13
Episode 2 - Caroline Brown - First Released 4/5/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. In the second of our Testimony Series, Eamonn Baker interviews Caroline Brown. As a teenager Caroline, originally from Rosemount but living in care in Omagh Co. Tyrone, fell in love with a British Soldier called Dave Thomas. In this interview hear Caro...
Apr 22, 2020•49 min•Ep. 2
Episode 20 - Hazel Deeney - First Released 17/1/18 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED Trevor Deeney in April of 1998 was shot and murdered by members of the INLA as he sat in his car with his wife Hazel. Hazel discusses the trauma of witnessing her husband's death, how his intervention under fire resulted ...
Apr 22, 2020•32 min•Ep. 20
Episode 21 - Fr. Joe Gormley - First Released 30/1/18 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Father Joe Gormley, originally from Omagh in Co. Tyrone, has served as a priest in the parishes of Shantallow and Ballymagroarty. He has spent the past number of years at St. Mary's Chapel in Creggan where he has witnessed the trauma of the Northern...
Apr 22, 2020•21 min•Ep. 21
Episode 14 - Robert Millar - First Released 7/9/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Continuing on with the Testimony Series Eamonn's guest this week is the Archdeacon Robert Miller. Robert talks about the idea of forgiveness whilst reflecting on the Northern Ireland Conflict and how the theme of forgiveness regarding Northern Ireland'...
Apr 22, 2020•34 min•Ep. 14
Episode 12 - Liam Campbell - First Released 24/8/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Recorded back in March 2017, Eamonn conducted an interview with Liam Campbell, Community Relations Officer at the Playhouse Theatre. During the conversation Liam discusses his opinion on the "Fragile Peace" in Northern Ireland, his viewpoints on the l...
Apr 22, 2020•31 min•Ep. 12
Episode 8 - John Porter - First Released 14/7/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. John Porter is an outdoor pursuits instructor who has worked young people across Northern Ireland throughout the country's conflict to the present day. John shares with us his experiences of the Northern Ireland Conflict from his beginnings in Rosemount ...
Apr 22, 2020•48 min•Ep. 8
Episode 15 - Gerry McDaid - First Released 5/6/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Gerry McDaid in his youth was a promising boxing talent from the Bogside in Derry. Before he was about to represent his country at under 19 level an accident in the home cost him a promising boxing career. He tells Eamonn Baker about his personal confli...
Apr 22, 2020•30 min•Ep. 15
Episode 7 - Maureen Wilkinson - First Released 6/7/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. In 2008 Emmet Shiels, the brother of Maureen Wilkinson, was murdered in Creggan whilst trying to chase away 4 armed men whose objective on this night was to shot an alleged drug dealer in the city. Maureen gives us an insight into the type of kind h...
Apr 22, 2020•50 min•Ep. 7
Episode 17 - Brendan Brady & Michaela Devine - First Released 2/11/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. One of the purposes of a Lullaby, or a cradle song, in some societies is to pass down cultural knowledge or tradition. Brendan Brady has taken that purpose as part of the Lullaby Project to break down cultural barriers to learn a...
Apr 22, 2020•32 min•Ep. 17
Episode 11 - Joe Thompson - First Released 10/8/17 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. Extern was officially opened in the city of Derry/Londonderry to influence children, adults and communities affected by social exclusion throughout Ireland. Eamonn's guest on this week's Podcast is Joe Thompson who works for Extern. He gives his viewpo...
Apr 22, 2020•30 min•Ep. 11
Episode 19 - Mildred Garfield - First Released 11/1/18 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. The first Holywell Testimony of 2018 features Mildred Garfield, a DUP Councillor who in 2001-2002 would become Mayoress of the city. In this testimony podcast Mildred reflects on her time as Mayoress, growing up on the Foyle Road in an inclusive ar...
Apr 22, 2020•22 min•Ep. 19
