| Description | Interview with Alex McIntosh and his wife.
Track 1: He discusses a poem that he wrote 0.34 mins
Track 2: Alex McIntosh recites the poem. It begins 'The dart room at Gormley's was packed to the door'. 3.47 mins
Track 3: Alex McIntosh sings a song beginning 'By the side of a cool crystal fountain' and discusses his feelings about the song. 3.24 mins
Tracks 4-6: Alex McIntosh discusses the tensions between the Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland. He thinks that the Protestants of Northern Ireland are as intensely Irish as anyone else and that they do not want to fight, but they are not prepared to have a state where the church as as much say as it does in the Republic of Ireland. He talks about attempts by the civil rights movement to ban the Protestant marches on 12th July and 12th August, gives his opinions about the Unionist politicians, including Rev. Ian Paisley, and thinks that English public opinion has turned against the Protestant community. He wishes that people from both sides should come together to discuss ways to resolve the situation without violence but sees no alternative to Unionism, particularly as he thinks the leaders of the Derry Labour party have Communist sympathies. Alex McIntosh's wife joins the conversation to express her confusion about the reasons for the current tensions and the perspectives of the Catholic community, and Alex McIntosh thinks that the two communities should probably separate if there is to be peace.
Total: 16.26 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0077280 |