Mr Jamie Flanagan succeeding Sir Graham as Chief Constable

Mr Jamie Flanagan succeeding Sir Graham as Chief Constable

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Location

Belfast

Year

1973

Date

Transmission 31/10/1973

Length

23sec

Audio

sound

Format

1 inch

black and white, colour

Source

Digitised as part of the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI)

Courtesy

Department for Communities, ITV, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Rushes from October 1973 where a news presenter announces the new successor of Sir Graham - the Chief Constable - as being Mr Jamie Flanagan.

Notes

Sir Graham served as Chief Constable of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) from 1970 to 1973, having joined the R UC on 8 February 1933 as a cadet officer.

The promotion of Jamie Flanagan was considered controversial at the time, with him being the only Roman Catholic ever to be appointed as Chief Constable. In July 1974 he survived an IRA bombing attempt on a plane he was travelling in and later retired in England in 1976 due to being targeted by Republicans while he attended Mass.

Credits

An Ulster TelTelevision proproduction.

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