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Interview with Eddie McAteer by Barry Linnane for RTE News in November 1968

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Audio interview with Eddie McAteer, leader of the Nationalist Party, by Barry Linnane for RTE News in November 1968. In August of that year 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. McAteer discusses Nationalist Party participation in the civil rights campaign.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 18 November 1968

Name of First Interviewee: Eddie McAteer

Role at time of Interview: Leader of the Nationalist Party

Interviewer: Barry Linnane

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1968

Key Individuals: Eddie McAteer

Key Words: Civil rights, Nationalist Party, RUC

 

 

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