Retro

Stephen Kelly with, Brett Kirby and Stewart Murdoch, visitors from Melbourne, Australia, at Greencastle Golf Club on Tuesday.

View from the Foyle: Pause to reflect on how special this place is

Sean with family members Tina Nicola Sean and John 7021dd : Parties in Derry in July 2005.

87 brilliant pictures of Derry people partying in July 2005

Your family tree could be bigger than you ever imagined — and DNA testing can help you trace its many branches.

How many living relatives do you really have? DNA tests reveal more

‘Winifred the Witch’ provided golf fans provided global passengers with ‘a spine-tingling welcome to the ‘Home of Hallowe’en!’ at the local air hub.

Visitors flying in for The Open reminded of Europe’s biggest Hallowe’en festival

Iranian asylum seeker Alborz Nobakht painting the children’s area of Ballywillan Presbyterian Church.

Portrush church thanks Derry-based Iranian asylum seeker for artistic gifts

A mural of Shane Lowry, the last winner at Portrush, on the side of a house in the town prior to The 153rd Open championship. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

The Open is major shot to show off the North West as tourism destination

Andrei Tarkovsky's eponymous biography of the Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev (1969) is included under the category 'religion'.

The 45 most important films of all time according to the Catholic Church

Liam Canning at a memorial stone to his late aunt Gertrude in Inveraray

Liam Canning pays tribute to aunt Gertrude who was murdered in Scotland in 1942

Paul Boggs at Moorlough

Fly-tipping at Moorlough branded ‘shameful’ by Derry-Strabane councillor

George McLaughlin's 50th birthday.

73 brilliant photos from 20 years ago of parties and celebrations

A previous Féile event in 2019. DER3319GS - 058

Féile Derry unveil biggest ever programme with 150 events this summer

Damage was caused to the former 'Barrack Masters House' at Ebrington Square when Storm Éowyn blew the roof off the building in January.

Ebrington roof cannot be restored exactly after Storm Éowyn

Locals having a good time at Derry's nightlife spots back in July 2005.

38 fantastic photos of people out partying in Derry nightclubs back in July 2005

High Street, Belfast city centre, in around 1888

27 fascinating photos taking you back more than 100 years

Moville Vintage Rally in July 2005.

17 pictures of Moville Vintage Show and Inch Blessing of the Fleet in July 2005

My mother, Mary Doherty.

A poem for my mother, the Factory Girl
The following poem by John Thompson will be included in the Derry author’s forthcoming anthology of poetry and short stories entitled ‘Factory Girl’, which is expected to be published and available in winter 2025.
John Thompson

Minutes of Corporation meeting, July 8, 1725 and Derry's Guildhall.

Our Council History - Our Space 28

The Old Mill, Millbrae, Lower Main Street, Buncrana (File Picture). Photo: George Sweeney

Free historical tour outing in Buncrana

The LegenDerry Street Food Festival is back this month with a feast of fine flavours and aromas from Friday July 18 – Saturday July 19.

Savour the best of the North West at the LegenDerry Street Food Festival

Mshakt Collective playing with some of the North West Folk Collective during a week-long music residency in Derry-Londonderry last summer.

Iraqi-Derry music collaboration to perform across Ireland this weekend

125345 13: Photo of pilot Amelia Earhart standing by her plane. (Photo by Getty Images)

Renewed calls for Ballyarnett investment as Amelia search makes global headlines

Boyzone performed at the Rialto Derry in July 1995.

39 brilliant photos of when Boyzone came to Derry 30 years

The Eastbank Flute Band parades along Derry Walls during a previous 'Twelfth' demonstration. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2128GS – 022

Hundreds of Orangemen to take part in July 12 celebrations in Derry

St. Columb’s College students and staff present a cheque for £3455.51 to the Patricia Hughes Bursary Scheme

St. Columb’s College ‘cyclathon’ raises £3,455.51 in memory of Patricia Hughes

The Sexton’s Cottage at Derry’s historic St. Augustine’s Church – the ‘wee Church on the Walls’ – is to be converted into heritage tourist accommodation.

Sexton’s Cottage at historic St. Augustine’s to become tourist accommodation

Graduates from Derry’s Magee, back in July 1995.

17 fantastic photos of Derry's Magee graduates 30 years ago in July 1995

59 Dunfield Terrace

Plans to build 10 apartments in Dunfield Terrace in Derry’s Waterside
An application to develop ten apartments on a street in Derry’s Waterside that commands incredible views of the cityscape has been submitted to Derry City & Strabane District Council.
Kevin Mullan

The late Eamonn ‘Bronco’ Bradley

40th Eamonn ‘Bronco’ Bradley Football Tournament to take place in Derry

Inis Saimer, an island in Donegal with its own three bedroom house, is being offered up for sale for €330,000.

Donegal island with own three bedroom house up for sale for €330,000

Exif-JPEG-422 : Punters enjoying a night out in Derry in the summer of 2005

37 brilliant photos of people enjoying nights out in Derry in the summer of 2005

A girls' night out at An Tuath Nua.

12 brilliant photographs of punters enjoying a night out in An Tuatha Nua

Rockall

End ‘illegality’ of Britain’s ‘long-standing blockade’ of Rockall, says TD

George Farquhar attended the Diocesan Free School, Society Street.

OUR SPACE 27: George Farquhar - Playwright c1677-1707

Gerry Anderson and Bob Geldof

£5,000 artists’ bursary in memory of Gerry Anderson open for bids

Local father and son duo Andrew Maguire and 15-year-old Shae Maguire recently completed a remarkable hiking challenge—summiting all 51 mountains in the province of Connacht

Shae and Andy Maguire are Kings of Connacht after climbing 51 mountains

Protest staged at Barrack Street with rubble across road.

IN PICS: 50 years ago in the North West

The Battle of Leuthen by Carl Röchling. Connell O'Donnell fought at Leuthen and at Hochkirchen, where he 'contributed to the victory by his valour at the head of a storming column of sixteen battalions'.

The O’Donnell who governed Transylvania

Parties and nights out across Derry in June 2005.

27 great pictures of Derry parties from June 2005

John Bryson’s detailed book: “Derry’s Streets” (2021).

OUR SPACE 26: The origin of Derry street names

Derry City & Strabane District Council Mayor Ruairi McHugh is joined by Professor Brian Ó Conchubhair, Maebh Long, President of the International Flann O'Brien Society and Louise Boyce, The Alley Theatre Venue Manager at the 8th International Flann O'Brien Conference.
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IN PICTURES: International conference celebrating Strabane genius Flann O’Brien

Derry and Donegal people enjoying a night at Lifford races in June 2005.

13 fantastic photos of Derry and Donegal folk out at the Lifford Races 20 years

The Tabasco business was established in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny whose family is thought to have emigrated from Donegal to Maryland in the period before the Famine.

McIlhenny Tabasco – the world’s most famous chilli sauce’s connection to Donegal

The Cú Chulainn monument in Derry City Cemetery

Hundreds of republicans to gather in Derry for annual Volunteers Sunday

The Lecky Road fly-over opens in the Bogside.

IN PICTURES: Of Times Gone By… 50 years ago

Gael Boyle's 30th birthday party.

120 brilliant photos from 20 years ago of parties and celebrations

Launch of 'SS New York News' 1922, the last Derry-built ship. Right: Trevisa Clarke, Managing Director, North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co.

Derry’s Last Shipyard 1912-24

Happy campers in the Stragill sunshine in June 1995.

40 photos of sunny days at the beach in the summer of ‘95

Peter Mitchell, Rebecca Ferguson and Kimberly Moorman pictured at the Portstewart Primary School Christmas concert in 2007

27 adorable photos showing children at primary schools in 2007

Exif-JPEG-422 : Locals having a good time at Derry's nightlife spots back in June 2005.

37 brilliant photos of people out partying in Derry nightclubs back in June 2005

The finalists of the 1995 Miss Derry competition pictured at the final in Squires Nightclub.

39 brilliant photos of the Miss Derry Finalists in Squares back in June 1995

Mayor McHugh with guests at the new Gasyard Development Trust PEACEPLUS project launch, Gasyard Centre. (Photo - Deirdre Heaney, nwpresspics)

New Peace project 'will create employment opportunities'

A ship under construction for model of Steamship 'Glendun'. Shipbuilding & Engineering Co c1900-1904

Derry’s fourth shipyard - Our Space 24

Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, former lead vocalist with The Undertones, circa 1985. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

21 Amazing Derry and Donegal artists who have played at Glastonbury

Historic Boom Hall in Derry.

Lease of Boom Hall considered to progress restoration plans

The Esplanade, Bangor, County Down, viewed from Central Hotel, in around 1900

23 nostalgic photos taking you back to the early 20th century

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