| Description | Interview with a group of people in Donegal, including Dan Doherty. An unidentified woman discusses her admiration for Bernadette Devlin and her involvement in the civil rights movement. She expresses her hope for a united Ireland. Another woman joins the conversation to discuss her views about the government in the Republic of Ireland and the Unionist government in Northern Ireland, and thinks that Bernadette Devlin is exposing both governments. She gives her opinion about the reasons why the government in the Republic of Ireland have not become involved in the civil rights dispute, and the group discusses the case for a civil rights movement in the Republic of Ireland to campaign for better housing and employment conditions, particularly in the west of Ireland. Dan Doherty talks about the availability of grants for university education in the Republic, and the high costs involved for people in Northern Ireland to send their children to school and university there. He goes on to discuss practical means of cooperation between the two governments that would benefit the people of Donegal, the uprising of 1916 and the relative neglect of the work of James Connolly in rural areas of Ireland. The group talk about De Valera being the best known of the leaders of the 1916 uprising and describe his philosophy, and discuss the future of the Nationalist movement. Dan Doherty thinks that it is important to promote the Irish language and makes parallels with the establishment of a united Ireland and the formation of the state of Israel in the promotion of interest in Jewish culture and learning Hebrew. He goes on to talk about the lack of government and popular response in the Republic of Ireland to the recent events in Derry, and proposals to move Republic of Ireland troops to the border as a deterrent to the Unionists (tracks 1-12).
Interview with a woman who lives in an Irish speaking area of Donegal. She discusses the effects of emigration on knowledge of the Irish language amongst younger people. A man joins the conversation to talk about the descriptive quality of Irish, particularly in words to describe the weather and the sea. The man and woman both speak some Irish and talk about mass being conducted in Gaelic (tracks 13-15).
Track 16: Woman sings 'An Old Log Cabin for Sale' 1.13 mins
Track 17: The group discuss the origins of the song 1.09 mins
Total: 32.45 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0072180 |