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06 Sept 2025

Down Memory Lane: Look back at Derry faces in the Derry News (2002)

Photos from the archives of the Derry News

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Rt. Rev. James Mehaffey, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, pictured with councillors at a civic reception to mark his retirement, held in the Everglades Hotel. Front row, from left, are Colrs. Mary Bradley, Willie Hay, Mayor Mildred Garfield, and, from right, Mary Hamilton, Deputy Mayor Peter Anderson, and Thelma Mehaffey. Middle row, from left, Colrs. Sean Carr, Marie McDaid, Kathleen McCloskey, Gearoid O hEara, Helen Quigley, Annie Courtney, John Tierney. Back, from left, are Colrs. Jim Clifford, Willie O’Connell, Gerard Diver, Shaun Gallagher, Pat Ramsey, Jim McKeever and John Kerr.

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