Father James McGlinchey, C.C., Desertegney, seated left, presenting gifts on behalf of the parish, to Tessie and Róis McLaughlin, seated second and third from left, on their retirement from Linsfort Post Office after more than sixty years of service to the community. They followed in the footsteps of their late father James McLaughlin, who opened the Post Office in 1927. Included are family members Bridie McLaughlin, Paddy McLaughlin, Bridget McLaughlin and Patricia McLaughlin.

placeholder image — Father James McGlinchey, C.C., Desertegney, seated left, presenting gifts on behalf of the parish, to Tessie and Róis McLaughlin, seated second and third from left, on their retirement from Linsfort Post Office after more than sixty years of service to the community. They followed in the footsteps of their late father James McLaughlin, who opened the Post Office in 1927. Included are family members Bridie McLaughlin, Paddy McLaughlin, Bridget McLaughlin and Patricia McLaughlin.

NOSTALGIA: Derry and Inishowen in pictures - February 1997

By Kevin Mullan

Published 11th Feb 2022, 12:16 BST

Updated 11th Feb 2022, 12:18 BST

In February 1997 Ciara McGurk, aged 18, became the North-West’s youngest female pilot to earn a solo flying licence; the case taken by relatives of the Bloody Sunday dead in an attempt to get the findings of the Widgery Tribunal overturned was heard in the Belfast High Court; and a group of Inishowen men came up with a novel fundraising charity idea - a project to grow and reap a field of corn without using modern farm machinery. As ever the ‘Journal’ photographers were out and about.

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Seated from left are Aine Carlin, Helen Cunning, Maggie Black, Joanne Cullen and Helen Boyle. Standing, from left, are James Quigley, Adam Finlay, Matt Boyle, John Paul Harkin and Brendan Coyle.

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NOSTALGIA: Derry and Inishowen in pictures - February 1997

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