Video interview with Ciaran McKeown, student civil rights activist, for RTE News in October 1968. In August of that year 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. Rioting broke out in that city in October 1968, after clashes between civil rights supporters and the RUC following the banning of a march by the Stormont government. McKeown discusses the reaction of students at Queen’s University Belfast to these events.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 10 October 1968
Name of First Interviewee: Ciaran McKeown
Role at time of Interview: Student civil rights activist
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1968
Key Individuals: Ciaran McKeown, Ian Paisley
Key Words: Civil rights, youth, Queen’s University Belfast, RUC, Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, Derry Citizens Action Committee