Members of the McConomy School who won the Brendan DeGlin Cup for Figure Dance 8-12 years at the 1997 Feis. Front, from left, Shauna McDevitt, Elan Bradley, Ciara McConomy and Laura Jayne Brady. Back, from left, Joanne Kavanagh, Frances McGonagle, Emma Jayne Ryan and Leanne McConomy.
NOSTALGIA: Derry and Inishowen in pictures - April 1997
In April 1997, Derry-born writer John Keys O’Doherty, was still earning rave reviews for his work at the ripe old age of 85 with the publication of ‘Half a Hundred Tales of Women’ in his adopted US home; the Minister for Health Michael Noonan insisted that a male sterilisation service would be provided in Donegal; and Protestants living in Derry’s Fountain Estate denied Sinn Féin claims that loyalists were responsible for instigating sectarian clashes in the city centre. As ever the ‘Journal’s photographers were out and about.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 18th Apr 2022, 16:30 BST
Updated 18th Apr 2022, 17:04 BST
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St. Brigid’s Primary School, winners of the P4-P5 Unison Choir Competition at the 1997 Feis Doire Colmcille.
St. Columb’s College orchestra, winners of the Post-Primary School Orchestra at Feis Doire Colmcille. The school also won the Bishop’s Shield for the school with the most marks at the Feis. Included are, standing left, Sr. Perpetua and, standing right, Margaret Ross, and Fr. John Walsh, school president.
