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