Audio interview with Bernadette Devlin, Unity MP for Mid Ulster, for RTE News in April 1969. In August 1968 the Northern Ireland civil rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives, causing community tensions between Catholics and Protestants in cities such as Derry/Londonderry. Serious rioting broke out in that city in April 1969, after clashes between NICRA supporters, loyalists and the RUC following the banning of a march by the Stormont government. Devlin discusses the violent scenes in Derry/Londonderry.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 20 April 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Bernadette Devlin
Role at time of Interview: Unity MP for Mid Ulster
Interviewer: Sean Duignan
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1968-1969
Key Individuals: Bernadette Devlin, Harold Wilson
Key Words: Civil rights, RUC