RUC shoot student in Cookstown

Title

RUC shoot student in Cookstown

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:53

Description

Interview with Father Macartan McQuaid, principal of St. Michael’s Catholic College in Enniskillen, following the killing of one of his former students, Kevin McGovern, in Cookstown, County Tyrone. The RUC later admitted responsibility for his death in a case of mistaken identity. Broadcast on Downtown Radio. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Downtown Radio; Macartan McQuaid

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Police; Homicide; Students; RUC; Enniskillen; County Tyrone; Cookstown; Kevin McGovern; St. Michael’s Catholic College

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