Audio interview with Eddie McAteer, leader of the Nationalist Party, by Barry Linnane for RTE News in November 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. McAteer discusses Nationalist Party participation in the civil rights campaign.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 18 November 1968
Name of First Interviewee: Eddie McAteer
Role at time of Interview: Leader of the Nationalist Party
Interviewer: Barry Linnane
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1968
Key Individuals: Eddie McAteer
Key Words: Civil rights, Nationalist Party, RUC