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Interview with Terence O'Neill for RTE News by Donal Kelly in February 1969

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Video interview with Terence O'Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, by Donal Kelly for RTE News in February 1969. In that same month O'Neill, leader of an increasingly divided Unionist Party, called a General Election in Northern Ireland. In this interview he discusses the comment made by Neil Blayney, Irish Minister for Agriculture, that nationalists in Northern Ireland should not vote in this election. O'Neill was to resign as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in April 1969.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 24 February 1969

Name of First Interviewee: Terence O'Neill

Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Donal Kelly

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1969

Key Individuals: Terence O'Neill, Neil Blayney

Key Words: Unionist Party, election, democratisation, partition

 

 

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