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Loss of a Parent

"They say grief is the price of love"

The words of one of those interviewed for WAVE’s new phase of its highly acclaimed Stories from Silence audio project.

Stella Robinson

Stella’s parents, Bertha and Wesley, who were 62 and 55 respectively, were killed in...
Joe Campbell

Joe’s Father, also Joe Campbell, was murdered by the UVF on 25 February, 1977....
Patricia Murphy

Patricia’s mother, Kathleen Thompson, was shot dead by British soldiers in the back garden...
Peter Gibson

Peter’s father, John Gibson, was ambushed and shot by the IRA on 21 October...
Patricia Kearney

Patricia’s parents, Charles and Teresa Fox, known as Charlie and Tess, were murdered by...
Paul Anthony Bridgewater

Paul’s Father, Paul Anthony Davies, was one of the 21 people killed when the...
Shauna Moreland

Shauna’s mother, Caroline, was abducted by the IRA in the summer of 1994. Her...
Peter Heathwood

Peter’s father, Hubert, dropped dead of a heart attack on 27 September, 1979 on...
Serena Hamilton

Serena’s father, David Graham, was ambushed by two IRA gunmen as he arrived at...
Isadore Whyte

Isadore’s mother, Margaret Whyte, known as Peggy, was murdered by the UVF which planted...
Sarah MacFadden

Sarah’s grandfather, James McFall was murdered by the IRA at the family home in...
Edward Brady

The brothers are the sons of Edward Brady who was shot dead by the...
Racquel Brush

Racquel’s father, Kenneth Worton, was murdered along with 9 other Protestant workmen when gunmen...
Damien Brown

Damian’s father, Sean Brown, was abducted by the LVF from outside Bellaghy’s Wolfe Tone...
Jacqueline Thompson

Her father, Patrick, who was 30, was shot dead by the British Army in...
Thomas Brady

The brothers are the sons of Edward Brady who was shot dead by the...
Fiona Kelly

Fiona’s Father, Gerry Dalrymple, from Rasharkin in Co Derry, was a building worker when...
Grace Caldwell

Grace’s Father, Cecil James (Jimmy) Caldwell, who was 37 and from Cookstown, Co Tyrone,...