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Interview with Kenneth Bloomfield by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007

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Audio interview with Kenneth Bloomfield, former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. Bloomfield discusses the experiences of power-sharing government in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the fifth part of a five part interview.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007

Name of First Interviewee: Kenneth Bloomfield

Role at time of Interview: Former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service

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: 1972-2007

Key Individuals: Kenneth Bloomfield, Andy Tyrie Martin McGuinness, Harold Wilson, Brian Faulkner, John Laird, William Whitelaw, Douglas Hurd, Edward Heath, Gerry Fitt, John Hume, Austin Currie, Roy Bradford, Paddy Devlin

Key Words: Ulster Workers’ Council strike, Sinn Fein, education, prisoner, Unionist Party, publicity

 

 

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