Joe McGowan on Bobby Sands rally

Title

Joe McGowan on Bobby Sands rally

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:19

Description

Historian Joe McGowan on the decision to hold the demonstration commemorating the death of hunger striker Bobby Sands in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, where Lord Mountbatten was killed by the IRA. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Joe McGowan

Keywords

Deaths; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Ireland; British; IRA; Demonstrations; Homicide; Louis Mountbatten; Hunger; Bombs; Explosions; Rallies (gatherings); Monuments; Bobby Sands; Mullaghmore

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