Video interview with Terence O'Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 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. He is interviewed on the impact of his meetings with Sean Lemass in 1965 and 1966 on Unionist Party unity. O'Neill was to resign as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in April 1969.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 February 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Terence O'Neill
Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1965-1969
Key Individuals: Terence O'Neill, Eamon deValera, Sean Lemass, Jack Lynch
Key Words: Unionist Party, election, partition, Irish Constitution