This is a recording of the interview conducted by Dr Anne Byrne with Cathal Kerrigan as part of the 'ReCollecting the Irish Family: New Perspectives and Directions' event, in collaboration with the National Museum of Ireland, where objects were collected in association with an in

Family | LGBTQ+

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The interviewee was born in New Zealand, leaving it to work in London first and arriving in Ireland in 1997. He spoke of his first involvement in political activism in New Zealand via protests against the 1981 South African Rugby tour. Later he was involved in Defend the Clinics

Non-hierarchical | Abortion | reproductive rights

  Mixed Types

The interviewee is a GP living in Cork City. In her childhood she was brought leafleting on issues at an early age, and as a teenager had access to second wave feminist books such as The Feminine Mystic. She became involved in Student Union activism in University and joined the c

Abortion | reproductive rights | Protest movements

  Mixed Types