Fermanagh and S Tyrone by-election- SDLP won’t contest

Title

Fermanagh and S Tyrone by-election- SDLP won’t contest

Genre

Interview

TX Date

4 Aug 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:14

Description

Interview with former SDLP leader Gerry Fitt criticising the party’s decision not to contest the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election following the death of Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Gerry Fitt

Keywords

Deaths; Elections; Political prisoners; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; UK; Political parties; SDLP; Hunger; Prisoners; Bobby Sands; Fermanagh; South Tyrone

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