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Bernadette Devlin Image Name: Bernadette Devlin Description: Northern Irish politician Bernadatte McAliskey (1970) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Image Name: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Description: Bernadette Devlin Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library

Ar chlár na seachtaine seo, cloisfimid agallaimh a rinne Bernadette Devlin McAliskey le Nollaig Ó Gadhra, nach maireann, sna blianta 1969 agus 1970, agus nár craoladh roimhe go bhfios dúinn.  Sna hagallaimh, déanann Bernadette cur síos ar gach aon ghné dá fealsúnacht pholaitiúil, agus pléann sí cúrsaí suaite na Sé Contae agus na “Trioblóidí” díreach ag tosú.  Léiríonn sí a dearcadh ar na mór-phearsana agus na mór-pháirtithe polaitiúla ag an am, agus an dímheas a bhí aici ar pholaiteoirí agus ar pháirtithe polaitiúla ó dheas a bhí ag tacú leis an choimhlint ó Thuaidh, mar dhea.  Tá an clár bunaithe ar na bun-thaifid, gan aon eagarthóireacht déanta orthu, a fuair Ian Lee ó Nollaig Ó Gadhra i 1988, le bronnadh ar Chartlann Fuaime RTÉ.  Láithriú agus léiriú le hIan Lee.

On this week’s programme Bernadette Devlin McAliskey speaks with the late Nollaig Ó Gadhra in a series of interviews recorded in 1969 and 1970, and probably never before broadcast.  She describes all aspects of her political philosophy, and refers to the major political figures and political parties at the time as the “Troubles” were simmering in the North.  She also reveals her disdain for the political parties and politicians in the South who proclaimed their support for the struggle in the North.  These unedited field recordings were given to Ian Lee by Nollaig Ó Gadhra in 1988, to be donated to the RTÉ Sound Archive.