Seamus Kearney is a former IRA volunteer who grew up in sectarian Belfast and came of age as the Troubles were building up.

He spoke to me about experiencing anti-catholic discrimination including having to change his first name while working his first job as well as seeing his area attacked by a sectarian mob after being abandoned by Army and RUC.

Seamus described his rise through the ranks in the IRA from the youth wing to being in an active service unit during one of Northern Ireland’s  bloodiest decades. 

PART 2 COMING SOON
 
 00:00 Growing up in sectarian N.I 
 17:23 Seeing his area attacked by sectarian mobs
 35:18 Bloody Sunday 1972 & joining the junior wing of the IRA