Oral history interview of Geoffrey Corry

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Context

Geoffrey Corry is a self-employed specialist in conflict resolution, mediation training and dialogue facilitation working through his own Athena Consultancy for the last twenty-three years. He is a former board member and chief facilitator of peace workshops at the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation.

Description:

This one-hundred-and-one-minute long oral history interview was conducted by the Digital Repository of Ireland as part of The Atlantic Philanthropies archive project (2017-2020) titled Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland in 2019. Geoffrey Corry talks about his background in ecumenical youth work and how this led him to work with different communities and peace work in the 1980s and at the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in the 1990s. He explains the early peace initiatives in Ireland of the 1970s. Geoffrey talks about Brendan O'Regan (1917-2008) in relation to the Irish Peace Institute [IPI]. Geoffrey mentions the struggles of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation to continue their work and describes how The Atlantic Philanthropies helped fund the political dialogue workshops as well as workshops for both victims and former combatants at the centre. Geoffrey gives insights into the peace process in Northern Ireland and his own skills in conflict management and peace negotiation., Geoffrey Corry talks about his background in ecumenical youth work and how this led him to work with different communities and peace work in the 1980s and at the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in the 1990s. He explains the early peace initiatives in Ireland of the 1970s. Geoffrey talks about Brendan O'Regan (1917-2008) in relation to the Irish Peace Institute [IPI]. Geoffrey mentions the struggles of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation to continue their work and describes how The Atlantic Philanthropies helped fund the political dialogue workshops as well as workshops for both victims and former combatants at the centre. Geoffrey gives insights into the peace process in Northern Ireland and his own skills in conflict management and peace negotiation., and This recording contains the personal views of the participants, they do not reflect the views of the DR

Type:

audio and oral histories (literary works)

Creator:

Digital Repository of Ireland, 2015 -

Subject:

Curated collection--Oral histories, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--Reconciliation, Curated collection--Geoffrey Corry, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), Glencree Centre for Reconciliation, Grant 07268, Grant 08478, Grant 10508, Peace-building, Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998, and Non-governmental organizations

Grant:

Grant 07268, Grant 08478, and Grant 10508

Grantee:

Glencree Centre for Reconciliation

Year of Grant:

2003, 1994, and 2001

Location of Grantee:

Glencree

Rights:

Copyright is with DRI and Geoffrey Corry. Please see license for reuse.

Attribution:

Digital Repository of Ireland and The Atlantic Philanthropies

Doi:

https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.qv345j54s