The Long Strike

RTE Documentary

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/longstrike.html

This programme tells the story of a strike in the coal mines in Arigna, on the Roscommon-Leitrim border forty years ago. From November 1968 to late February 1969 the 230 miners or 'pit men' as they were known locally, went on strike for better pay, a five-day week and improved working conditions