a continuation of Sunday’s post (with background information), the final 25 minutes of Sam Nolan talking about the Unemployment Protest Committee and Jack Murphy.
Part two: the election of Jack Murphy - writing speeches for Murphy - abstaining from the vote for Taoiseach - lack of impact in the Dáil - government cuts the food subsidies - Murphy on hunger strike - Murphy as a religious man - street protests and rallies - Steve Mooney - Summerhill march on the Dáil - Unemployed Committees in Cork and Waterford - The Catholic Church and the Unemployed Protest Committee - Archbishop McQuaid and Murphy - resignation as a TD -
Sam Nolan and the Unemployed Protest Committee, 1957: Part Two from conormccabe on Vimeo.
