Unseen Women: Stories from Armagh Gaol

Derry City Council Community Relations Team today, Friday, worked with Queens University of Belfast Professor of Film Studies, Cahal McLauglin, to screen ‘Unseen Women: Stories from Armagh Gaol’ at the Nerve Centre.
By Staff Reporter
Published 8th Nov 2013, 12:17 BST
Patricia Moore, who appears in the film, Marie Coyle, Creevagh Womens Group, Angela Askin, DCC Community Relations, Anna-Marie Gallagher, Women of Our Time, Lynn O'Connell, Tar Abhaile, and Jolene Mairs Dyer, editor. Absent from the picture is Cathal McLaughlin, DirectorPatricia Moore, who appears in the film, Marie Coyle, Creevagh Womens Group, Angela Askin, DCC Community Relations, Anna-Marie Gallagher, Women of Our Time, Lynn O'Connell, Tar Abhaile, and Jolene Mairs Dyer, editor. Absent from the picture is Cathal McLaughlin, Director
Patricia Moore, who appears in the film, Marie Coyle, Creevagh Womens Group, Angela Askin, DCC Community Relations, Anna-Marie Gallagher, Women of Our Time, Lynn O'Connell, Tar Abhaile, and Jolene Mairs Dyer, editor. Absent from the picture is Cathal McLaughlin, Director

The initiative, funded through Council’s Good Relations Strategy, is a 26minute documentary containing the stories of seven women who were connected to Northern Ireland’s only female prison during the Troubles. The documentary contains the stories of prison officers, loyalist and republican prisoners and Open University Tutors.

Carol Stewart, Community Relations Officer, Derry City Council, said: “At the height of the conflict, the number of female prisoners grew from 2 in 1971 to more than 100 by 1976. Despite their significance, the story of this period has remained relatively unheard and unseen. We hope that by screening this film today and marking this event that more people will have an understanding of this era of history and this part of the story of women during the troubles.”

Derry City Council’s Good Relations Strategy is funded through the Community Relations Unit, OFMDFM.