The Colmcille Choir pictured with Musical Director Sheila Carlin after achieving a double success at the AIMS Choral Festival in Wexford. The choir won the McCullagh-Pigott Perpetual Trophy in the Female Category for Female Voice Choirs. The choir also won the European Year of Music Cup for Irish Language competition.
NOSTALGIA: Derry and Inishowen in pictures - May 1997
By Kevin Mullan
Published 16th May 2022, 18:07 BST
Updated 16th May 2022, 18:19 BST
In May 1997 international singing star Dana, a former Creggan resident, was named as topping the bill at a special concert in honour of the estate’s fiftieth anniversary; ‘Clan Clonmany’, a new Clonmany group, was set up by women for women; and Seagate Technology was expected to announce a £100million investment plan. As ever the ‘Journal’ snappers were out and about.
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Karen Lindsay, Iskaheen, winner of the Most Promising Work in Open Verse Speaking (U-10) at the Moville Feis.