Audio interview with Mairéad Corrigan (founder of the Peace People), Lindy McDowell (journalist) and Ruth Dudley Edwards (historian and writer), by Martha Kearney for BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour on 11 August 2006. The interviewees discuss the formation of the Peace People and its impact on ending the conflict in Northern Ireland. Woman's Hour is a weekly BBC Radio 4 programme on women's issues.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 August 2006
Name of First Interviewee: Mairéad Corrigan
Name of Second Interviewee: Lindy McDowell
Name of Third Interviewee: Ruth Dudley Edwards
Role at time of Interview: Mairéad Corrigan (founder of the Peace People), Lindy McDowell (journalist), Ruth Dudley Edwards (historian and writer)
Interviewer: Martha Kearney
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: © BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: Woman's Hour
Time Period covered: 1976 - 2006
Key Individuals: Mairéad Corrigan, Lindy McDowell, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Betty Williams, Ciarán McKeown
Key Words: Peace People, Women's Peace Movement, Warrington bombing, youth, Nobel Peace Prize, Middle East, gender, class