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Interview with Mairéad Corrigan, Lindy McDowell and Ruth Dudley Edwards by Martha Kearney for BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour on 11 August 2006

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Audio interview with Mairéad Corrigan (founder of the Peace People), Lindy McDowell (journalist) and Ruth Dudley Edwards (historian and writer), by Martha Kearney for BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour on 11 August 2006. The interviewees discuss the formation of the Peace People and its impact on ending the conflict in Northern Ireland. Woman's Hour is a weekly BBC Radio 4 programme on women's issues.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 August 2006

Name of First Interviewee: Mairéad Corrigan

Name of Second Interviewee: Lindy McDowell

Name of Third Interviewee: Ruth Dudley Edwards

Role at time of Interview: Mairéad Corrigan (founder of the Peace People), Lindy McDowell (journalist), Ruth Dudley Edwards (historian and writer)

Interviewer: Martha Kearney

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: © BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: Woman's Hour

Time Period covered: 1976 - 2006

Key Individuals: Mairéad Corrigan, Lindy McDowell, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Betty Williams, Ciarán McKeown

Key Words: Peace People, Women's Peace Movement, Warrington bombing, youth, Nobel Peace Prize, Middle East, gender, class

 

 

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