IN PICTURES: Derry commemoration in memory of George McBrearty, Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire and 1981 hunger strikers

The 23-year-old republican was shot dead by undercover British soldiers alongside Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire, aged 21, at the bottom of Southway on May 28, 1981.

Author and former republican prisoner John Crawley chaired the 44th anniversary commemoration at the Crann na Poblachta (Tree of the Republic) monument at Rinmore Drive.

Richard O’Rawe delivered the oration.

George’s sisters Catherine and Loretta unveiled a plaque in memory of their late mother Bridie McBrearty, who sadly passed away last year.