Sile de Valera on Bobby Sands meeting

Title

Sile de Valera on Bobby Sands meeting

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:08:31

Description

Irish TD and MEP, Sile de Valera on her visit to IRA prisoner and hunger striker Bobby Sands in Maze Prison, Belfast, and her subsequent request to meet UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Male interviewer not identified. In 2 parts, with break in recording.

Contributors

Sile de Valera

Keywords

Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Political protests; Prisons; IRA; Members of Parliament; Protest movements; Fianna Fail; Europe; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Bobby Sands

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