Hugh Carey on US support for IRA

Title

Hugh Carey on US support for IRA

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Sep 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:19

Description

Governor of New York, Hugh Carey on growing support for the IRA in the United States as a direct result of the British Government’s handling of the Maze hunger strikes. With references to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington’s handling of the Rhodesian situation. Interview on Irish State Broadcasting Network; male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Hugh Carey; Irish State Broadcasting Network

Keywords

USA; Government; Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; British; Political protests; Public opinion; Zimbabwe Rhodesia; Prisons; IRA; Rhodesia; Maze Prison; Peter Carington; Hunger; Prisoners; Irish State Broadcasting Network

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