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SAS raid on Belfast house - Residents’ reaction

Title
SAS raid on Belfast house - Residents’ reaction
Genre
Interview
TX Date
Oct 1980
Year of production
1980
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Duration
00:07:51
Description
Eamonn Mallie interviews Moyra Berkery and John Boyd on their ordeal after being held at gunpoint by an SAS unit at their house in the Belfast Twinbrook housing estate (19/10/80). The two interviewees talk about a possible connection between the raid and the current hunger strike by republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast. In two parts, divided by break in audio.
Contributors
Eamonn Mallie; John Boyd; Moyra Berkery
Keywords
Political demonstrations; Armed forces; Northern Ireland; Maze Prison; Special forces; Hunger; Army; Prisoners; Guns; Firearms; Belfast; John Boyd; Aisling Berkery; Moyra Berkery

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