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Bobby Sands election win - Agent’s view (1981)
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- Interview
Election agent Owen Carron on the victory of Maze prisoner and hunger striker Bobby Sands in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election. Male interviewer not identified.
Decision makers (1981)
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- Documentary; Election coverage; Music; Speech
Decision Makers. A four-part look back at a year of political change in Westminster (1981), presented by Peter Spencer. Foci include the Labour Party’s new rules for choosing a new leader (excerpts of...
Owen Carron on his election as Anti H-Block candidate (1981)
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- Interview
Owen Carron, the newly-elected MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Carron was formerly the election agent for H-Block hunger striker Bobby Sands, who won the election but died soon afterwards. Carron stood at...
New Northern Ireland Secretary visits Maze Prison (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with anti-H-Block MP Owen Carron on the visit of newly appointed Northern Ireland Secretary James Prior to the Maze Prison, where 10 hunger strikers have so far died, and the likelihood this...
Northern Ireland hunger strike (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with newly elected Anti H-Block MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Owen Carron, on his request for a meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to press her for a settlement to end the...
Owen Carron on candidature in Fermanagh by-election (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Irish republican activist Owen Carron on his decision to stand as an Anti H-Block candidate in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election following the death of hunger striker Bobby Sands....
Owen Carron on Bobby Sands election victory (1981)
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- Interview
Owen Carron, election agent for Bobby Sands, on the hunger strike prisoner’s victory in the Fermanagh-South Tyrone By-Election. Male interviewer not identified.
Owen Carron makes victory speech for Bobby Sands (1981)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Speech
Owen Carron, election agent for Bobby Sands, makes a victory speech after the Anti H-Block party won the Fermanagh-South Tyrone By-Election. Sands won the seat despite being on hunger strike in Maze Prison.
Northern Ireland defence force to tackle terrorism (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with independent republican MP Owen Carron on the setting up of the Defence Force in answer to DUP leader Reverend Ian Paisley’s proposed Third Force to counteract terrorism in Northern Ireland....
IRA hunger strike ends (1981)
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- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report on the end of the IRA hunger strike at the Maze prison. Includes speeches and comment by Humphrey Atkins, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; Danny Morrison, Sinn Fein; Cardinal Tomas O Fiaich;...