Audio interview with Laurence McKeown, former republican hunger-striker, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. McKeown discusses the experience of living through the 1981 hunger-strikes. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the first of a two part interview.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007
Name of First Interviewee: Laurence McKeown
Role at time of Interview: Writer
Interviewer: Don Anderson
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons
Time Period covered: 1976-2007
Key Individuals: Laurence McKeown, Seanna Walsh, Bobby Sands, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Margaret Thatcher
Key Words: Special Category status, hunger-strike, prison, IRA