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Interview with Ivan Cooper by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007

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Audio interview with Ivan Cooper, co-founder of the SDLP, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. In this interview Cooper discusses the negotiations leading to the Sunningdale Agreement. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the second part of a four part interview.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007

Name of First Interviewee: Ivan Cooper

Role at time of Interview: Co-founder of the SDLP

Interviewer: Don Anderson

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons

Time Period covered: 1968-2007

Key Individuals: Ivan Cooper, Brian Faulkner, John Hume, Paddy Devlin, William Whitelaw, James Allen, Edward Heath, Conor Cruise O’Brien

Key Words: Internment, SDLP, Bloody Sunday, British Army, civil rights, IRA, Sunningdale Agreement, Council of Ireland

 

 

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