Austin Currie in Housing Protest
EXHIBITION : CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1968-69
About this Item
Nationalist MP, Austin Currie, locks himself into a council house in protest against the unfair allocation of houses.
- Title Nationalist MP Protests At Housing
- 1st Broadcast 20/06/1968
- Clip Duration 00:00:12
- Material Type Video
- Series title RTÉ News
- Clip title Austin Currie in Housing Protest
- Extended description
Austin Currie is pictured at the window of the house in 9 Kinard Park, Caledon, where he has barricaded himself in along with two other protestors Joe Campbell and Patsy Gildernew.
Note: This clip is mute.
- Information
A RTÉ News report showing Austin Currie protesting about unfair housing allocation.
This report was broadcast on 20 June 1968.
- Local keywords Caledon, Caledon Protest, Civil Rights Movement, Austin Currie, Joe Campbell, Patsy Gildernew, Civil Rights, 1968
- Geographical coverage Ireland, Caledon, Dungannon, Tyrone
- Genre News
- Topic Wars and Conflict
- First broadcast channel RTÉ
- Production year 1968
- Country of production Ireland
- Original identifier N2863/0068A
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- Item type part/extract
- Item colour Black and White
- Item sound Mute
- Aspect ratio 4:3
- Language used English (eng)
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Background to the Caledon Protest
Broadcast - 16/05/1979
Clip Length - 00:04:00 -
"Sixteen of Us in One Small House"
Broadcast - 27/08/1969
Clip Length - 00:04:31 -
"I Have No Confidence in Dungannon Urban Council Whatsoever"
Broadcast - 27/08/1969
Clip Length - 00:05:07 -
Austin Currie in Housing Protest
Broadcast - 20/06/1968
Clip Length - 00:00:12 -
Austin Currie in Caledon Protest
Broadcast - 16/05/1979
Clip Length - 00:03:17