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Interview with Terence O'Neill by Barry Linnane for RTE News in February 1969

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Video interview with Terence O'Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, by Barry Linnane for RTE News in February 1969. In that same month O'Neill, leader of an increasingly divided Unionist Party, called a General Election in Northern Ireland. In this interview he discusses his views of Ian Paisley and the General Election. O'Neill was to resign as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in April of that year.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 February 1969

Name of First Interviewee: Terence O'Neill

Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Barry Linnane

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1969

Key Individuals: Terence O'Neill, Ian Paisley, William Morgan

Key Words: Unionist Party, election, religion, housing, Cameron Commission

 

 

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