Dr Hedley Plunkett calls for peace at Christmas
- Title
- Dr Hedley Plunkett calls for peace at Christmas
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 27 Nov 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:02:18
- Description
- Dr Hedley Plunkett, an Ulster methodist priest, calls for an IRA ceasefire over the Christmas period. He talks about how people deserve a break from violence over Christmas, and whether they will get it, and gives his reaction to the murder of Albert Miles, Deputy Governor of the Maze prison. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Hedley Plunkett
- Keywords
- Peace; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Homicide; Church; Peacebuilding; Maze Prison; Christmas; Albert Miles
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LBC/IRN, "Dr Hedley Plunkett calls for peace at Christmas". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0013800451007 (Accessed 05 Jun 2025)