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Interview with Austin Currie by Tom Savage for RTE Eyewitness in May 1979

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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

 

 

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