OF TIMES GONE BY: Derry and Inishowen in November 1989

In November 1989 Rev. Ignatius McQuillan, principal of St. Columb’s College, expressed fears for the future of Catholic education in NI - particularly in Derry itself; octogenarians William J. (Liam) Conaghan, ‘Derry Journal,’ Letterkenny staff representative and Cecil A. King, ‘Donegal Democrat,’ celebrated 64 years in the trade as the oldest working journalists in Ireland; a young Derry woman has claimed that she was frightened to drive through the border checkpoints because of the treatment she receives from the British Army and RUC; Mr. John McLaughlin, who lives just outside the village of Gleneely, in Donegal aqcuired the reputation of being the champion vegetable grower in Britain or Ireland, and his latest specimen - a huge cabbage - was testimony to unrivalled skill as a gardener; and two officers with Derry City Council returned from helping to monitor the first ever free and fair elections in the little known African country of Namibia - the largest operation ever mounted by the United Nations Organisation - and they described it as a chastening experience.

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Mrs. Fidelma Doherty, captain, Redcastle Golf Club, presenting the ‘Golfer of the Year’ award to Mrs. Sylvia Huey, at an annual dinner in the Redcastle Hotel and Country Club. On right is Mrs. Elsie Owens, winner of the Redcastle Cup, and, on left, is Christine Lynch, who was runner-up.

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