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Interview with Rev. Albert McElroy by James Kelly for the Sunday Independent in April 1962

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Transcript of an interview with Rev. Albert McElroy, President of the Ulster Liberal Association, by James Kelly for the Sunday Independent in April 1962. In 1961 Sheelagh Murnaghan won a by-election victory for the Ulster Liberal Association at Queen’s University Belfast. McElroy, the President of the party, discusses the perceived inequalities in Northern Ireland society and the future of liberalism in Northern Ireland politics. The Sunday Independent is Ireland’s principal Sunday newspaper.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 April 1962

Name of First Interviewee: Rev. Albert McElroy

Role at time of Interview: President of the Ulster Liberal Association

Interviewer: James Kelly

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Independent.ie

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: The Sunday Indpendent

Time Period covered: 1961-1962

Key Individuals: Rev. Albert McElroy, Basil Brooke, John Andrews, Sean Lemass, Sheelagh Murnaghan

Key Words: Ulster Liberal Association, tourism, unionism, religion, partition, North-South relations, economy

 

 

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