Video interview with Austin Currie, co-founder of the SDLP, by Tom Savage for RTE Eyewitness in May 1979. In June 1968 Austin Currie and others protested against perceived discrimination in housing allocation by ‘squatting’ in a house in Caledon, Dungannon. In August of that year the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives, among them the fair allocation of housing, causing community tensions between Catholics and Protestants. Currie discusses the impact of his protest in Caledon.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 May 1979
Name of First Interviewee: Austin Currie
Role at time of Interview: Co-founder of the SDLP
Interviewer: Tom Savage
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Eyewitness
Time Period covered: 1968-1979
Key Individuals: Austin Currie, Joe Campbell, Gerry Lennon, William Craig
Key Words: Civil rights, housing, religion