Interview with Mairéad Corrigan, Lindy McDowell and Ruth Dudley Edwards by Martha Kearney for BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour on 11 August 2006
Audio interview with Mairéad Corrigan (founder of the Peace People), Lindy McDowell (journalist) and Ruth Dudley Edwards (historian and writer), by Martha Kearney for BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour on 11 August 2006. The interviewees discuss the formation of the Peace People and its impact on ending the conflict in Northern Ireland. Woman's Hour is a weekly BBC Radio 4 programme on women's issues.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 August 2006
Name of First Interviewee: Mairéad Corrigan
Name of Second Interviewee: Lindy McDowell
Name of Third Interviewee: Ruth Dudley Edwards
Role at time of Interview: Mairéad Corrigan (founder of the Peace People), Lindy McDowell (journalist), Ruth Dudley Edwards (historian and writer)
Interviewer: Martha Kearney
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: © BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: Woman's Hour
Time Period covered: 1976 - 2006
Key Individuals: Mairéad Corrigan, Lindy McDowell, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Betty Williams, Ciarán McKeown
Key Words: Peace People, Women's Peace Movement, Warrington bombing, youth, Nobel Peace Prize, Middle East, gender, class