Maybe I'll regret saying this but while burdensome transcription is a deeply fascinating process. I like rehearing #OralHistory conversations I've had and find the way that groups of people work together fascinating. I've even noticed an incident of communal misremembering today related to #IrishHistory and the #Munich #Olympics. It's about the naming of a specific orangisation involved in #Cycling.
Let's look at the section of the transcript. All people involved have signed their consent to be interviewed and their data used. I've edited the transcript here for brevity and removed names.
T: And the other thing about Eddie, he was in Munich and he had mentioned the Olympics . There was a big protest there, uh, it was touched on earlier. You had the NICF, which was the the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation, you had the CRE which was the Southern 26 counties, and you had the NCA which was basically the Republican body who refused to recognize any borders, and it was an all-Ireland. And they were, they ran the biggest race in Ireland, which was the Rás Tailteann.
The interesting bit here is the mention of the NCA. They also come up in coverage on RTÉ from 2020. However, the organisation was known then as the National Athletic and Cycling Association. I'm curious how this org was recalled with the same imprecission in two circumstances; perhaps this was internal shorthand.
For the record, the interviewees assisted with the protest action at the games and provided the "base" in Munich for the protesting riders. #Cycling #IrishHistory #OlympicHistory