50 VOICES FROM THE LAST 50 YEARS 50Voices from the Last 50 Years An Oral History of the National Youth Council of Ireland 1967 - 2017 1 National Youth Council of Ireland 3 Montague Street, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin www.youth.ie T: +353 (01) 478 4122 E:
[email protected] First published in January 2018 by © National Youth Council of Ireland 2018 Author: Marie–Claire McAleer Design: Fuse Printed in Ireland by: Print Run ISBN 978–1–900210–47–8 national ~outh countil of ire\and ~cot,1~·1RL! M>II\UM•• M• NOG The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is the representative body for voluntary youth organisations in Ireland. It uses its collective experience to act on issues that impact on young people. NYCI would like to acknowledge the Irish newspapers archives for permitting the reproduction of the newspapers clippings used in this report and Paul McCarthy, for permission to use the photograph of Olivia McEvoy. This oral history is based on the 50 interviews conducted as part of the study.The accounts of events included in the study reflect the views and lived experience of the interviewees. All reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the stories told and included in this report are authentic and reliable and as far as possible, that the dates and titles of individuals named in the report are correct. An Oral History of the National Youth Council of Ireland 1967 - 2017 50 Voices from the Last 50 Years Researched, Written and Edited By Marie-Claire McAleer Contents Foreword by Professor Maurice Devlin .......................................................................................1 Author’s acknowledgements ........................................................................................................