Video interview with Jennifer McCann, Sinn Fein MLA for Belfast West, for Prisons Memory Archive in 2006. McCann served ten years in Armagh prison for shooting an RUC Officer in the early 1980s. She is interviewed about her experiences of Armagh prison during her incarceration. The Prisons Memory Archive is a collection of 175 interviews with those who were connected with Armagh and Maze/Long Kesh prisons during the Troubles. It is based at Queen's University Belfast. This interview is part of the Armagh Stories series.
Date of Release/Broadcast: Unknown
Name of First Interviewee: Jennifer McCann
Role at time of Interview: Sinn Fein MLA for Belfast West
Interviewer: Prisons Memory Archive
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: Copyright © 2012 Prisons Memory Archive
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: Prisons Memory Archive Armagh Stories
Time Period covered: 1980-1991
Key Individuals: Jennifer McCann, Lorraine Halfpenny, Brendan Murphy, Bobby Sands
Key Words: Armagh prison, hunger strike, republican