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Interview with Roddy O'Connor by Ronnie Turner for RTE News in February 1969

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Video interview with Roddy O'Connor, Chief Whip of the Nationalist Party, by Ronnie Turner for RTE News in February 1969. In that same month Terence O'Neill, leader of an increasingly divided Unionist Party, called a General Election in Northern Ireland. O'Connor is interviewed about the Nationalist Party manifesto for the election and the potential for Irish reunification.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 19 February 1969

Name of First Interviewee: Roddy O'Connor

Role at time of Interview: Chief Whip of the Nationalist Party

Interviewer: Ronnie Turner

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1969

Key Individuals: Roddy O'Connor

Key Words: Nationalist Party, election, partition, civil rights

 

 

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