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Interview with Mrs. Goodfellow by Proinsias O Conluain for RTE News in August 1969

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Audio interview with Mrs Goodfellow, a former resident of Caledon, by Proinsias O Conluain for RTE News in August 1969. In June 1968 Austin Currie and others protested against perceived discrimination in housing allocation by ‘squatting’ in a house in Caledon, Dungannon. In August of that year the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives, among them the fair allocation of housing, causing community tensions between Catholics and Protestants. Mrs. Goodfellow discusses the eviction of her family from a house in the area and the wider civil rights campaign.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 27 August 1969

Name of First Interviewee: Mrs. Goodfellow

Role at time of Interview: Former resident of Caledon

Interviewer: Proinsias O Conluain

Purpose: News

Media:  Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1963-1969

Key Individuals: Mrs. Goodfellow

Key Words: Civil rights, housing, religion, IRA      

 

 

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