LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Owen Carron elected, Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:13

Description

Report on the victory of Irish republican Owen Carron in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election. Includes interview with Carron, and statements and speeches by former UDR major Ken Maginnis and losing candidates Harold McCusker, Unionist, and Martin Green, Peace Lover. With references to the IRA prisoners’ hunger strike, Workers Party Republican Club representative Tom Moore, and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland representative Seamus Close. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Harold McCusker; Ken Maginnis; Owen Carron; Martin Green

Keywords

Elections; Government; Northern Ireland; Political protests; IRA; Political parties; Hunger; Parliamentary candidates; Prisoners; UDR; Alliance Party of Northern Ireland; UUP; Fermanagh and South Tyrone; Workers Party Republican Club; Peace Lover; Tom Moore; Seamus Close

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