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The Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland

Series 1

The Gathering Storm

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 8 months

In this episode, Alvin Jackson examines how Basil Brooke dealt with the IRA’s border campaign in the 1950s, and how Terence O’Neill’s attempts to deliver reforms demanded by the civil rights movement was challenged from within the Ulster Unionist party and by the rise of Ian Paisley.
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