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Interviews with Bernadette Devlin, Ivan Cooper and Graham Shillington for RTE News in April 1969

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Video interviews with Bernadette Devlin (Unity MP for Mid Ulster), Ivan Cooper (Independent Nationalist MP for Mid-Derry) and Graham Shillington (Deputy Inspector General of the RUC), by Reg Cullen for RTE News in April 1969. In August 1968 the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives, causing community tensions between Catholics and Protestants in cities such as Derry/Londonderry. Serious rioting broke out in that city in April 1969, after clashes between NICRA supporters, loyalists and the RUC following the banning of a march by the Stormont government. Devlin, Cooper and Shillington discuss the violent scenes in Derry/Londonderry.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 20 April 1969

Name of First Interviewee: Bernadette Devlin

Name of Second Interviewee: Ivan Cooper

Name of Third Interviewee: Graham Shillington

Role at time of Interview: Bernadette Devlin (Unity MP for Mid Ulster), Ivan Cooper (Independent Nationalist MP for Mid-Derry), Graham Shillington (Deputy Inspector General of the RUC)

Interviewer: Reg Cullen

Purpose: News

Media:  Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1968-1969

Key Individuals: Bernadette Devlin, Ian Paisley, Ivan Cooper, Graham Shillington

Key Words: Civil rights, RUC, religion

 

 

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