Audio interview with Eugene McKendry, Director of Northern Ireland Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research at Queen’s University, Belfast, by the BBC. The Belfast Agreement/ Good Friday Agreement contained proposals to promote the Irish language, Ulster Scots and the languages of other ethnic communities in Northern Ireland. Eugene McKendry discusses the issues surrounding Irish language tuition in English speaking schools in Northern Ireland following the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.
Date of Release/Broadcast: Unknown
Name of First Interviewee: Eugene McKendry
Role at time of Interview: Lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast
Interviewer: Unknown
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart
Time Period covered: 1998
Key Individuals: Eugene McKendry
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Foras na Gaeilge, Irish language, education, European Union, hunger strike