Interview with Anne Jane Kathleen O'Hanlon

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Description

Object description

British civilian nurse worked at Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1969-1988

Content description

REEL 1 Background in Belfast Northern Ireland, 1930-1969: description of and changes to Market Area of Belfast; education; death of father; leaving school, 1944; employment in office; decision to become nurse at age of twenty eight in 1958; joining Royal Victoria Hospital, 1960; question of discrimination faced by Catholics applying for nursing training; Catholic family background; attacks and expulsions of Catholics in Belfast, 1935; question of discrimination against Catholics in Belfast; relations between Catholics and Protestants. REEL 2 Continues: wartime experiences in Belfast and Donegal and Buncrana, Ireland during Second World War. Recollections of period as nurse with Casualty Department, Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1969-1988: nursing training; participation in civil rights march after Bloody Sunday, 30/1/1972; growth of Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement; living conditions in Catholic and Protestant working class areas; problems with and violence generated by marching session and parades; question of continuing violence, 1996-2001; psychological impact of events on young witness. REEL 3 Continues: development of Social Democratic Labour Party; attitude towards Social Democratic Labour Party leader, John Hume; attitude towards Bernadette Devlin; importance of Social Democratic Labour Party for Catholic people; question of discrimination against Catholic staff at Royal Victoria Hospital; occasions when she and another Catholic colleague were passed over for promotion; arrival of British Army, 8/1969; initial attitude of Catholic people towards British Army troops, 1969; beginning of curfews and searches; contrast between behaviour of Royal Army Medical Corps and other British Army troops based at Royal Victoria Hospital; story of how relatives of those injured in Long Kesh Prison Riots went on rampage in Royal Victoria Hospital, 1974. REEL 4 Continues: other hospitals in Belfast; description of various departments at Royal Victoria Hospital; nature of problems experienced by Royal Victoria Hospital, 2000s; completion of Accident and Emergency Department at Royal Victoria Hospital in time for Troubles; rewriting of Royal Victoria Hospital 'Disaster Plan', 1969; team work at Royal Victoria Hospital; work of student nurses; organisation of Accident and Emergency Department; violence during Internment (without trial) week; gun battles in and around Royal Victoria Hospital; hospital social life; support for staff and attempts to boost morale; making of British Broadcasting Corporation documentary 'Surgery of Violence' at Royal Victoria Hospital; types of injuries dealt with; arrival of dead bodies at hospital. REEL 5 Continues: young women injured during violence; reaction to accompanying police and relatives to identify bodies; nature of violence on Bloody Friday, Belfast, 21/7/1969; case of young boy scout caught in explosion; types of 'punishment' injuries dealt with; atrocities committed by Ulster Volunteer Force's 'Shankhill Butchers'; psychological impact of work at Royal Victoria Hospital and methods of coping; facilities for welfare of hospital staff; funerals of those killed at hospital; presence in aftermath explosion at McGurk's Bar, Belfast, 4/12/1971 including people killed by explosion; helping to treat casualties at scene; importance of sense of humour in coping with work. REEL 6 Continues: attacks on British Army troops on patrol escorting children to and from school; some amusing incidents; injuries and deaths and caused by British Army rubber bullets; percentage of casualties at hospital resulting from Troubles; areas of expertise developed at Royal Victoria Hospital due to treatment of Troubles related injuries; international reputation of Royal Victoria Hospital; changes in Accident and Emergency Department over years; security surrounding vulnerable patients; attitude towards treating perpetrators of violence; memories of Gerry Adams as patient in hospital; attitude towards work of Sinn Fein; occasion when patient abducted from hospital by Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). REEL 7 Continues: hospital staff injured or killed; attitude towards violence; treating victims of bomb explosions; Accident and Emergency Department policy re the media; filming of documentary 'Surgery of Violence' by British Broadcasting Corporation at Accident and Emergency Department; duties as nursing sister in charge of Accident and Emergency Department; discipline; situation at Royal Victoria Hospital by in 2000s; memories of explosion at McGurk's Bar in Belfast, 4/12/1971; travelling overseas to lecture on treating victims of Troubles. REEL 8 Continues: giving lectures on treating victims of Troubles; attitude towards being asked political rather than medical questions during lectures; coping with security checks in Belfast; attitude towards being confined to question of Royal Ulster Constabulary attitude towards Catholics; relations between Catholic people and troops in area; arrival of worlds media during hunger strikes; casualties arriving at hospital; attitude towards Peace Movement; impact of Troubles on women; case of Catholic girl that married soldier. REEL 9 Continues: problems with joy riding in area; impact of marches in Belfast; memories of attending Protestant marches of July 12th as a child; problems caused by marches; attitude towards portrayal of Troubles by various newspapers; mixing of Catholic and Protestant populations; description on 'peace lines'; changes to Belfast since 1988; continuing problems with employment/unemployment in area. REEL 10 Continues: complexity of situation in Northern Ireland; continuation of sectarian hatred; attitude towards question of reunification with Republic of Ireland; attitude towards Ian Paisley; attitude towards politicians handling of situation in Northern Ireland; growth of anti-Irish feeling in GB after Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) bombings of 1980s; attitude towards involvement of Americans such as President Bill Clinton and George Mitchell in peace process; attitude towards Good Friday Agreement, 22/5/1998; lack of concern/help for those injured or disabled during Troubles; involvement of Royal Victoria Hospital in aftermath of Omagh Bombing, 15/8/1998; impact of Omagh Bombing on Northern Ireland; being awarded Member of the British Empire (MBE) for her work, 1972. REEL 11 Continues: being awarded the honour of Dame of the Malta Cross, 1992. Aspects of visit with World Health Organisation to Middle East, early 1990s: living conditions in Palestinian refugee camps; witnessing Israeli violence towards Palestinians; use of rubber bullets and CS gas; change in situation of Palestinian women; attitude towards Israel.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1945-1989 (content), 1990 to the present day (content), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production Company)
Smith, Lyn E (Recorder)
O'Hanlon, Anne Jane Kathleen (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2001-07-01
Dimensions: whole: Duration 320, Number Of Items 11
Catalogue number: 21719

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