| Description | Interview with Sean Gallagher. He continues to discuss the history of Derry and the beginnings of the social and political problems facing the city with the introduction of settlers from England and Scotland. He thinks that some of the Protestant community still have a siege mentality but that Derry people are generally civilised and have their city in common, regardless of religion. He remembers talking to people with first hand memories of the Famine, discusses the election of the Derry Corporation on a rigged vote and the history of gerrymandering, and his views about some of the local Nationalist and Republican politicians and their parties, and views about the police and British army on both sides of the sectarian divide. He goes on to give his opinion about the survival of Orange parades in Northern Ireland, which he thinks keep people connected to their roots, but thinks that the parades should be limited to Derry people to commemorate a local event. He considers that this is a common Republican view because it is part of Irish heritage. He discusses some of his views about how the social and political problems in Derry might be solved, and talks about the housing conditions and unemployment facing both the Catholic and Protestant communities. He thinks that the Protestant community need to face the truth that their next of kin are the Catholics who who live in Derry rather than Protestants elsewhere in the world. He discusses his views about the way to resolve the current tensions and the inability of the present political leaders to produce a solution that can be examined for its own strengths rather than the person it came from. He thinks that unless such a leader comes forward the disturbances will continue (tracks 1-13).
Total: 32.54 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0879680 |