Video interview with Michael Keogh, Nationalist Party MP for South Down, by Donal Kelly for RTE News in January 1969. In August of 1968 the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives causing community tensions between Catholics and Protestants. On 11 January 1969 one such march in Newry led to violence when the demonstrators and the RUC clashed. Keogh discusses the events at Newry.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 January 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Michael Kelly
Role at time of Interview: Nationalist Party MP for South Down
Interviewer: Donal Kelly
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1968-1969
Key Individuals: Michael Keogh
Key Words: Civil rights, People’s Democracy, RUC, religion, Nationalist Party