JJ Campbell on “Ulster Apartheid”

JJ Campbell on “Ulster Apartheid”

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Location

Belfast, Havelock House

Year

1964

Date

Production 03/04/1964

Length

02min 33sec

Audio

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

Rory Fitzpatrick interviews JJ Campbell on his thoughts on Prime Minster O’Neill’s work on discrimination in Northern Ireland society. He is disappointed that O’Neill has not “grabbed the nettle”.  Mr Campbell wants to see Catholics appointed to public boards. 

Notes

J. J. Campbell was born in Belfast and was educated at St Malachy's College, Belfast, and Queen's University. He taught for a year at Methodist College, Belfast, and in 1931 was appointed classics master in St Malachy's College. He was strongly nationalist in his youth, and published Orange Terror, though he subsequently modified his views. He became lecturer in education at St Mary's Training College in 1950, and later head of the Education Department at St Joseph's College of Education. In 1969 he was Director of the Institute of Education at Queen's University, Chairman of Convocation at Queen's and a member of the Senate. He was editor of the Irish Bookman and published widely in journals and newspapers. He was a member of the BBC Advisory Council, and a noted broadcaster. He served on many committees, notably the Cameron Commission on the disturbances in Northern Ireland in 1969. He died in Belfast and bequeathed his collection of books to the Linen Hall Library.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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