Tribute to Lord Faulkner

Title

Tribute to Lord Faulkner

Genre

Obituary

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Peter Allen presents a tribute to Lord Brian Faulkner, who sacrificed his political career to bring about peace in Northern Ireland by leading a power sharing executive between Catholics and Protestants which broke down in a general strike. With extracts from Faulkner himself on violence in Northern Ireland, and comments by Willie Whitelaw, former NI secretary and Gerry Fitt MP.

Contributors

William Whitelaw; Peter Allen; Gerry Fitt; Brian Faulkner

Keywords

Deaths; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; UK; Violence; Peacebuilding; Brian Faulkner

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