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Maire Drumm on her release from prison (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Steve Sailah interviews Sinn Fein Vice-President, Maire Drumm on her release from prison. Drumm tells how and why she refused bail; how she had been kept in solitary confinement for 7 days; and how the...
Ian Paisley on British Government in Ulster (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews Democratic Unionist (DUP) leader Ian Paisley about the measures he would like the British Government to take in Northern Ireland. He would like to see the police in control, with the...
Cecil King and wife tied up and robbed (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Steve Sailah interviews Ruth King, wife of former Mirror Group owner Cecil King, in which she describes how she and her husband were tied up and robbed by masked gunmen at their home in Dublin, Ireland...
London peace rally (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Speech
Jane Ewart-Biggs speaks in an interview about her late husband’s (UK ambassador to Ireland killed by IRA landmine) hopes for peace in Ireland, and how she hopes she can turn the waste of his death into...
Liverpool peace rally (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Unidentified male reports from the first peace rally to be held outside of Ireland - in Liverpool. The rally, attended by some 5,000 people, was organised by Muriel Young; her sister-in-law of Betty...
Gerry Fitt’s wife describes break-in by mob (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Anne Fitt, wife of SDLP leader and founder Gerry Fitt, on a violent intrusion into the family home by a mob of 30 or more men and women. She praises her husband’s courage and calmness and...
Ambassador’s widow gives speech (1976)
- Genre
- Speech
Address to the Irish people by Jane Ewart-Biggs, broadcast after her husband’s memorial service in Dublin. The late Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador to Ireland, was killed by an IRA landmine...
Betty Williams on women’s peace movement (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Vivian White interviews Mrs Betty Williams about the women’s peace movement, which grew up in the wake of the deaths of the Maguire children in West Belfast. Williams denies being an organiser of the...
Women’s peace rally in Belfast (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Vivian White reports from the first Women’s Peace Rally in Belfast. He estimates that 15-20,000 Catholic and Protestant women and their families have taken part, and speaks to some of them, as well as to...
Maguire children’s funeral (1976)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Vivian White reports on the funeral of the three Maguire children, killed by a crashing car driven by a IRA man who had been shot by the British Army in West Belfast. Includes the address by Father...