Audio interview with Kenneth Bloomfield by Tom McGurk for RTE Radio 1 McGurk and Company on 8 May 2010. Bloomfield discusses his experiences of political life in Northern Ireland from the premierships of Basil Brooke to Ian Paisley. McGurk and Company was a weekly interview-style programme on RTE Radio 1.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 08 May 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Kenneth Bloomfield
Role at time of Interview: Former Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service
Interviewer: Tom McGurk
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2010
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 McGurk and Company
Time Period covered: 1931-2010
Key Individuals: Kenneth Bloomfield, Basil Brooke, Terence O'Neill, Sean Lemass, T.K. Whitaker, Jim Malley, Ian Paisley, James Chichester-Clark, Brian Faulkner, William Craig, Basil Kelly, Maurice Hayes, Martin McGuinness, Seamus Mallon, Bertie Ahern, Peter Hain, John Hume, Caitriona Ruane, Peter Robinson, David Ervine
Key Words: Northern Ireland Civil Service, religion, education, economy, O'Neill-Lemass talks, North-South relations, Orange Order, civil rights, UUP, Bloody Sunday, Darlington Conference, Sunningdale Agreement, British government, class, Anglo-Irish Agreement, power-sharing, Maze prison, Long Kesh prison