Eddie McAteer on the Future of the Nationalist Party

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Eddie McAteer on the Future of the Nationalist Party

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Location

Derry City

Year

1966

Date

Production 02/02/1966

Length

04min 37sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

An interview with Nationalist Party leader, Eddie McAteer at his home in Derry. He talks ahead of the Nationalist Conference at which the party would lay out its plans to be an inclusive and representative party. The Nationalist Party had only recently been formed as an organisation, having previously been the umbrella name for a number of politicians.  

Mr McAteer would like to see Prime Minister Terence O’Neill take further steps to improve community relations. The spectacular gesture he speaks of is O’Neill’s meetings with Taoiseach Séan Lemass.  

Notes

Eddie McAteer was first elected as an Nationalist Party MP in 1945. He would hold various seats in the Derry region until he lost his Foyle seat to John Hume of the SDLP in 1969. 

The Nationalist Party did not become one political party until 1966. Before that, candidates stood under a Nationalist Party umbrella. Prior to Eddie McAteer, Joe Devlin was its most successful politician. In 1965, the Nationalist Party agreed to become the official opposition party in the House of Commons and thereafter became heavily involved in the Civil Rights movement. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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