Margaret Ross, Roisin McLaughlin, Sarah O'Hagan, Ann Barr, Collette Hazlett, Ursula Roddy and Emma Barr.

placeholder image — Margaret Ross, Roisin McLaughlin, Sarah O'Hagan, Ann Barr, Collette Hazlett, Ursula Roddy and Emma Barr.

88 Pictures of Derry birthdays, anniversaries and leaving parties from May 2003

By Daire Ní Chanáin

Published 11th May 2023, 16:30 BST

Updated 11th May 2023, 16:33 BST

People were celebrating birthdays, hen parties and anniversaries in May 2003 and ‘Journal’ photographers were there.

Some of these pictures are printed for the first time in colour.

Farewell party for Paddy McShane at Pitchers

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Farewell party for Paddy McShane at Pitchers Photo: Derry Journal Archive

Pauline Seldak, Paddy McShane, Steven Smyth, Kevin Bonner and Rosemary Bogle

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Pauline Seldak, Paddy McShane, Steven Smyth, Kevin Bonner and Rosemary Bogle Photo: Derry Journal Archive

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