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Interview with Bernadette Devlin by Tom McGurk for RTÉ Radio 1 McGurk and Company on 24 April 2008

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Audio interview with Bernadette Devlin, former Independent Socialist MP for Mid Ulster and civil rights activist, by Tom McGurk for RTE Radio 1 McGurk and Company on 24 April 2008. Devlin discusses her political emergence in the civil rights movement and the wider issues of victims, survivors and legacies in contemporary Northern Ireland. McGurk and Company was a weekly interview-style programme on RTE Radio 1.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 24 April 2008

Name of First Interviewee: Bernadette Devlin

Role at time of Interview: Former Independent Socialist MP for Mid Ulster and civil rights activist

Interviewer: Tom McGurk

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: © RTÉ 2011

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 McGurk and Company

Time Period covered: 1968-2008

Key Individuals: Bernadette Devlin, Gerry Fitt, Frank McManus, Ivan Cooper, Ray Smallwoods, Hew Pike, Martin McGuinness, Ian Paisley, Paddy Devlin, John Hume,

Key Words: Youth, family, education, Vatican Council II, media, housing, gender, legacy, victim, survivor, Sinn Fein, DUP, Eleven Plus, civil rights, election, SDLP, Provisional Sinn Fein, power-sharing, UDA, collusion, British Army

 

 

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