Filed under: Radio | Tags: 69th Pennsylvania, Belfast, Bloody Sunday, British Soldiers, Civil War Re-enactments, Conflict Resolution, Dawn Purvis, Gaza Strip, Gusty Spence, Ian Paisley, Imperialism, Insurgencies, Iraq, Long Kesh, Murals, Northern Ireland, PUP, Republicans, Sam May, Shankill Road, The Troubles, University of Pittsburgh, UVF
Sam in Belfast
Sam May took an interest in Northern Ireland young. A history buff in school, he participated in Civil War re-enactments and ended up in the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry, a regiment that had been made up of Irish immigrants. His fellow re-enacters introduced him to Irish Rebel songs and Republican ideology — but at the same time Sam was conflicted. He had family links to Ireland — but to Protestant Ireland in the North.
Out of this confusion, Sam started to read up on Irish history, and it led him to Tony Novosel’s class at Pitt. But studying the Troubles hasn’t necessarily made it any easier to stake out opinions about what’s best for Northern Ireland.
Produced for The Politics Show
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Bingo, Bridgeville, Democrats, Eyeglasses, Kawasaki, Pittsburgh, Republicans, Sarah Palin
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Belfast, Cafes, Catholic Chruch, City Planning, Cork, Drinking, Dublin, Gaelic, Galway, IRA, Ireland, Loyalits, Nationalist Pubs, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish Accent, Republicans, Sandy Row, Shankill Road, The Troubles
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Belfast, Communism, Diaspora, Ireland, Loyalism, Northern Ireland, Patrick Pierce, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Republicans, Students, Tony Novosel, Unionism, University of Pittsburgh
More from Tony: http://anotherworldradio.com/2007/11/20/episode-1-tony-novosel-miroslav-budinski/
