In my thesis I concentrate on the trauma, caused by the violent political movements in the 1970s and 1980s, its effects, methods of its healing, such as writing and art and searching for identity both on personal and national level in Jennifer Johnston’s The Railway Station Man. In The Railway Station Man Johnston writes about the effect of the contemporary political events in Ireland. She focuses on the individual, the domestic level from which we can learn about a slice of Irish history. Her novel reflects the violent state of the country, during “The Troubles” in the 1970s and 1980s through her protagonist’s, Helen Cuffe’s life story.