Title | Interview with Michael Keogh by Donal Kelly for RTE News in January 1969 |
Date | January 1969 |
Description | 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 | Click here |
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 |
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