Personal Life
In 1971, while still unmarried, she gave birth to a daughter Róisín. This cost her some support in conservative Roman Catholic areas. She married Michael McAliskey on 23 April 1973, which was her 26th birthday.
On 12 May 2007, she was guest speaker at éirígí's first Annual James Connolly commemoration in Arbour Hill, Dublin. She currently coordinates a not-for-profit community development organisation based in Dungannon, the South Tyrone Empowerment Programme, and works with migrant workers to improve their treatment in Northern Ireland.
In 1969 Director/producer John Goldschmidt made the documentary film 'Bernadette Devlin' for ATV, which was shown on ITV and on CBS's 60 Minutes and included footage of Devlin during the 'Battle of the Bogside'. Another documentary, 'Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey', directed by Leila Doolan, was released in 2011. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival a biopic of Devlin was announced, but Devlin stated that "he whole concept is abhorrent to me" and the film was not made.
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