Reflections on the Congo Campaign

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Imelda Conway Duffy
Interviewed for MAOHP - 23/08/2016
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_019_G
Location(s): Congo
Length: 4.12

In this clip, Imelda offers her impressions and views on the Congo experience and offers an analysis of where it sits in the broader Irish experience. She explains the economic importance for Ireland in joining the United Nations in the 1950s and also speaks about other landmarks in Ireland during this time including the visit of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

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