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Title Interview with Ross Craig by Matthew Cotton of Bournemouth University on 9 December 2010
Date 9 December 2010
Description Video interview with Ross Craig, who served in Northern Ireland as Corporal in the First Battalion of the Highlanders, by Matthew Cotton of Bournemouth University on 9 December 2010. On 15 August 1998 the Real IRA, opposed to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, planted a bomb in Omagh which exploded killing 29 people and injuring approximately 220 more. It was the single biggest atrocity of the Troubles. Craig discusses his experience of Omagh in the aftermath of the explosion.
Date of Release/Broadcast 3 March 2011
Name of First Interviewee Ross Craig
Role at time of Interview Corporal in the First Battalion of the Highlanders
Interviewer Matthew Cotton
Purpose Research, Academic
Media Audiovisual
Copyright © Oli Clubb
Link Click here
Programme/Book/Article
Time Period covered 1995-1998
Key Individuals Ross Craig
Key Words Omagh bombing, Real IRA, dissident, republican, British Army, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement
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