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Interview with Ian Paisley by John O’Donoghue for RTE News in December 1968

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Video interview with Ian Paisley, leader of the Protestant Unionist Party, by John O’Donoghue for RTE News in December 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. One such march was stopped by the RUC in Armagh in November 1968 on account of a loyalist counter-demonstration led by Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting. Paisley discusses the events at Armagh and his policy towards the civil rights movement.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 03 December 1968

Name of First Interviewee: Ian Paisley

Role at time of Interview: Leader of the Protestant Unionist Party

Interviewer: John O’Donoghue

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1920-1968

Key Individuals: Ian Paisley, Terence O’Neill

Key Words: Civil rights, religion, Protestant Unionist Party, media, RUC

 

 

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