Eddie McAteer, leader of the Nationalist Party, speaks after losing his seat to John Hume.

Eddie McAteer had been a member of parliament for 22 years, but was beaten by over 3,500 votes. McAteer comments that "political defeat, for me, has a broad personal silver lining and I leave public life without any bitterness or without any hatred of anyone".

RTÉ News reports on the defeat of Eddie McAteer broadcast on 25 February 1969.

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