Brian McGuigan (far right) and some of the staff and members of Reach Across at a reception in the Nucleus prior to their first anniversary in August 1996.placeholder image
Brian McGuigan (far right) and some of the staff and members of Reach Across at a reception in the Nucleus prior to their first anniversary in August 1996.

OF TIMES GONE BY: Derry and Inishowen in pictures - August 1996

By Kevin Mullan
Published 20th Aug 2021, 17:02 BST

In August 1996 the ‘Journal’ reported more than 30 people had been injured in punishment beatings on the city’s west bank since the start of the year; the death took place of internationally renowned architect Liam McCormick, from Greencastle; and the propellor of HMS Wasp, a British gun-boat which sank off Tory Island with the loss of more than 50 lives while travelling from Westport, Co. Mayo to Moville in 1884, was donated to Greencastle Maritime Museum for public viewing. And the ‘Journal’ photographers were doing the rounds.

A group of competitors in the ‘Miss Ballymagroarty’ competition that was held in Rafters in August 1996.

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A group of competitors in the ‘Miss Ballymagroarty’ competition that was held in Rafters in August 1996.

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Michael McLaughlin (left) and Liam Downey pictured with a message in a bottle from Argentinian sailor, Francisco S. Sanchez, which was washed ashore on the Isle of Doagh in 1996 a year after it was thrown into the Caribbean Sea.

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Michael McLaughlin (left) and Liam Downey pictured with a message in a bottle from Argentinian sailor, Francisco S. Sanchez, which was washed ashore on the Isle of Doagh in 1996 a year after it was thrown into the Caribbean Sea.

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A group enjoying the music at ‘Gracie’s’ Philip Crampsey’s traditional cottage in Malin in August 1996.

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A group enjoying the music at ‘Gracie’s’ Philip Crampsey’s traditional cottage in Malin in August 1996.

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Prizewinners in the Bonny Baby 1-3 years at the 1996 Ballymagroarty Festival. From left, are David O’Hagan (2nd), with his mother, Annette, Jamie Lee McEleney (1st), with his mother, Deirdre, and Nadine Dalzell (3rd), with Michelle Doherty.

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Prizewinners in the Bonny Baby 1-3 years at the 1996 Ballymagroarty Festival. From left, are David O’Hagan (2nd), with his mother, Annette, Jamie Lee McEleney (1st), with his mother, Deirdre, and Nadine Dalzell (3rd), with Michelle Doherty.

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