Talking Derry Girls

The sun is shining on the good people of Derry and the TDG's are remembering sunbed sessions and suntans past and present. Did nude sunbathing ever take off in Donegal and what exactly did Pauline witness on a Northern Irish beach this week?

Marie Louise has been mixing with the glitteratti once again while winning yet another award at the Royal Television Society NI awards in Belfast. Derry Girls and Derry Girl, Jamie Lee O Donnell also brought home the top prizes. 

Meanwhile Jeanie has discovered that there are at least two and a half thousand reasons why being born in Ireland makes living to 100 cause for celebration. 

Summer's here, someone pass the tanning mitt. 

NOTES: 

RTS NI Award - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b8kqqt (not available to watch on BBC at the moment) 

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/gallery/rts-ni-awards-take-place-27039768

Louise Gallagher - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5644255/

The Real Derry - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-real-derry-jamie-lee-odonnell

The Fake - fake tan story

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/14/irish-times-apologises-for-hoax-ai-article-about-womens-use-of-fake-tan

Benone Stand - https://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/see-do/beaches/benone-strand

https://www.visitcausewaycoastandglens.com/

Visit Derry https://www.visitderry.com/

Blue Lights https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14466018/ (now available in Australia)

Diona Doherty https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/diona-doherty-tv-star-on-motherhood-ivf-and-why-nothing-is-out-of-bounds/41809430.html

Your 100th birthday in Ireland 

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/older-and-retired-people/centenarians-bounty/

Celtic Media Awards - https://www.celticmediafestival.co.uk/

BBC Dead Hand with Paul Mallon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015vls

TDGs episodes referred to - https://podfollow.com/1518036400

Episode 36 - Series 3 Episode 1 (The Night before)

Episode 1 - Dear Diary

Episode 11 - Ballgowns and Let downs 

Episode 70 - Work Experience TDGs Style 

Episode 4 - It’s all a load of Walls (which has the first scene 29th May 2017 

Episode 18 - Ask yer Ma with Tara Lynne O’Neill 

Jeanie spent the past week experiencing work. In the company of two wee English fellas, she went back to basics and introduced her son and his pal to the intricacies of producing and presenting a podcast. 

Safe to say that they all ended the week having learned a lot. After watching all three seasons back to back and then being forced to listen to the Talking Derry Girls Episode 42 on the finale - Agreement episode - the boys have truly experienced Derry Girls. 

Their in depth indoctrination into all things Derry Girls also included listening to Episode 13 of the podcast where the girls chatted to Lisa McGee about all things Derry and Derry Girls. Our young workers learned a lot from hearing her take on things too.

Safe to say that 2 teenage boys had a very different view of certain events to the 3 women of a certain age who are the TDGs. Aware that they were viewing themes like the James and Erin relationship from a teen male perspective, the boys drafted in a female friend to bring some sanity to proceedings. 

The week was certainly an experience… But was it work? 

Not a lot of notes this week: 

References to Ep 13 of Talking Derry Girls with Lisa McGee 

Ep 42 The Finale https://podfollow.com/1518036400

BBC along with Open University and PBS - https://creation.com/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland

U3A Foyle - https://u3afoyle.com/about/

Open University with North West College 

https://www.derrynow.com/news/local-news/1026153/the-open-university-form-ground-breaking-partnership-with-derry-college.html

www.thebiglight.com/talkingderrygirls 

It came to our attention recently that some of you are following in our footsteps…

Pauline had a tip off that someone we know well may have more information. Any excuse to visit our favourite bookshop. Pauline caught up with Jenni from Little Acorns and got the gen on some recent customers. All the way from the U.S they were following our advice on getting the best from a trip to Derry. Photographic evidence of their trip flooded our social media so Marie Louise as our resident TD Girl decided it was only right to go track the visitors down - they weren't going to be hard to find, after all we had told them where to go… 

Jeanie meanwhile was safe in Surrey having undertaken some recent work experience, evidence of which should be available soon. 

NOTES: 

City of Derry Airport - https://www.facebook.com/CoDerryAirport/?locale=en_GB

New Ebrington Hotel - https://theebringtonhotel.com/

NI local Govenernment elections - https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/05/22/it-is-our-duty-to-build-a-tolerant-society-northern-ireland-elects-its-first-black-councillor/

Long Day’s journey into night - https://www.timeout.com/london/news/brian-cox-will-return-to-the-west-end-to-star-in-long-days-journey-into-night-121522

Little Acorns Bookstore - https://www.facebook.com/LittleAcornsBookstore/?locale=en_GB

Bishopsgate Hotel - https://www.facebook.com/bishopsgatehotelderry/?locale=en_GB

Ferry Clever -  https://www.facebook.com/ferrycleverdesigns/

Martin McCrossan Derry City walking tours - https://www.derrycitytours.com/

The other priest (Justyn who runs Hidden City Cafe) - https://www.facebook.com/hiddencitycafederry/?locale=en_GB

Tower Museum - https://www.facebook.com/towermuseum/?locale=en_GB

Visit Derry - https://www.visitderry.com/

Episode 30 TDGs about - Amelia Earhart : Facebook page for Amelia Derry Earhart: https://www.facebook.com/Amelia-Derry-Earhart-902000866508749/

You can see some of Beth’s photos on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/talkingderrygirls/ (do give us a follow to keep up to date) 

Chocolate Manor - in Castlerock https://www.facebook.com/ChocolateManor/?locale=en_GB

Those spectacular Walls - https://thederrywalls.com/

Claire Allan - Derry based author https://www.claireallan.com/ also Episode 28 TDGs 

Once upon a time in Northern Ireland (PBS are also involved so will probably be made available in USA - https://creation.com/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ff7cg0

Richard Moore - https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/

Also in Episode 16 on TDGs. 

Jeanette Warke Episode 25 TDGs 

Full disclosure needed. The TDGs weren't planning to be here this week. Work and family commitments had taken over. However we hadn't allowed for the enormity of this year's BAFTAS. 

From the moment Siobhan McSweeney swept onto the stage to collect her award for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme they knew discussions had to be had - and that was before the Internet exploded with news that her hilarious and on point acceptance speech had been "edited" (for timing reasons say the BBC… political reasons say pretty much all of the rest of us). 

Links to both versions of the speech are in the notes you may want to take a look before listening. 

Lisa Mc Gee added to her BAFTA stash with the award for Best Scripted Comedy bringing the Derry Girls BAFTA tally for the final series to 3. 

Maybe a good time to remind you that Jeanie, Pauline and Marie-Louise were extras in series 3… Fading to black after half a second of screen time in the funeral scene in episode 6. BAFTA winning performance x 3…!

Join Pauline and Jeanie as they discuss shoes, dresses and censorship….and to anyone who believes that silencing the force behind Sister Michael was justified "you might want to think about wising up".

NOTES: 

BAFTAS - https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/bafta-television-2023-nominations-winners

the two interviews side-by-side! 

https://twitter.com/OhHeyJacob/status/1657951174761357314?s=20

Alistair Campbell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Campbell

Rory Stewart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart

The Rest is Politics - https://podfollow.com/1611374685

(The Rest is Politics) Leading - https://podfollow.com/1665265193

Tony Blair -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair

Gerry Adams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Adams

Lynette Fay show BBC Radio Ulster - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lymk

(We were on the last 15 mins or so) 

Children in Crossfire - and the Hope braclets worn by the cast at the BAFTAs and Series 3

Richard Moore who founded the Derry based international charity was a guest on TDGs Ep 16 

Richard has an amazing personal story and is also incredibly funny! 

https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/

https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/shop/

Ep 46 - For the Tape - Ma Mary 

Tara Lynne O’Neill aka Ma Mary was a guest on TDGs. (Well worth a re-listen!) 

CONTAINS A SPOILER! Just in case you haven’t watched Blue Lights yet! 

We have a wee challenge for you this week. Can you count how many times Blue Lights writer Declan Lawn makes us gasp during this chat? 

Currently writing series 2 we deployed the mantra of Blue Lights favourite Gerry and reminded Declan "If you catch a break - take it" 

Derry pedigree duly scrutinised Declan discusses the workings of the writer's room as a creative concept and how the acting and creative talent on tap in Northern Ireland is a joy for anyone involved in the Arts. 

Derry Girls is naturally on the agenda and Declan has something to say about how Lisa McGee's creation has opened the door for others. 

Back to the idea of gasps and the TDG's are introduced to a new concept… U.R.S.T.

Who knew!? 

Spoiler Alert : the elephant in the room moment… Really - how could he? SPOILER WARNING - DON’T LISTEN BETWEEN ‪34.30 - 40.22‬ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS..!! 

The answer is both moving and, sorry to admit it, understandable. 

Finally since series 2 is still being written could there maybe, just perhaps, be a small role for 3 ladies of a certain age in the new series?... 

NOTES: 

Interview with Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson - writers of BBC’s Blue Lights. 

https://www.televisual.com/news/blue-lights-q-a-with-declan-lawn-adam-patterson/

Outline of Blue Lights - Slugger O’Toole’s blog follows each episode but there’s a warning about spoilers (no spoilers in this first piece! 

https://sluggerotoole.com/2023/03/28/frequent-flyers/

URST from the Global dictionary - Acronym for UnResolved Sexual Tension. Originated in the Australian TV series the secret life of us. "Wow, check out the urst flying back and forth between …

Claire Allan, Novelist based in Derry - https://www.claireallan.com/

U.R.S.T. - Acronym for UnResolved Sexual Tension. Originated in the Australian TV series the secret life of us. "Wow, check out the urst flying back and forth between …

The Sailsbury Posionings is still available on the BBC iplayer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p08dqns1/the-salisbury-poisoningswritten by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson

Louise Gallagher https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5644255/

Michael Shea aka Mo McInyre aka Clive the wee prod from East Belfast - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6457179/

URST subjects - 

Sian Brooke aka Grace Ellis https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1604939/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2

Martin McCann aka Steve Neil https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564901/?ref_=tt_cl_t_5

Dearbhaile McKinny aka Aisling (Ep5 Blue Lights) aka wee Aunt Sarah (Series 3 - The Reunion) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9130037/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t43

Nathan Braniff aka Tommy Foster https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10135090/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4

Richard Dormer aka Gerry Cliff https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233807/?ref_=tt_cl_t_12

John Lynch aka James McIntyre https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001487/?ref_=tt_cl_t_10

Art Campion (Father Peter in Derry Girls) drug dealer in Blue Lights https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4113743/

Chris Ferry - Ferry Clever - https://ferryclever.co.uk/ 

Sent from my iPhone

For the tape… and new listeners, Talking Derry Girls are Pauline Moore, Jeanie Messenger and Marie-Louise Muir. However whilst they are very much individuals and more often on their own, they are aware that it's not always obvious who is who! Maybe introductions are in order? Judge for yourself how well that idea goes!! 

In slightly saner times, the girls have been binge watching a new BBC drama “Blue Lights”, a police drama set in present day Belfast, a premise that deserves praise just for getting commissioned in the first place. The show is remarkably good and manages to put a human face on the Police Service of Northern Ireland that is both enlightening and refreshing. It's gritty and believable with just the right sprinkling of NI humour. The TDG's are hooked and a second series has been announced. The girls will talk to writer Declan Lawn next week so if you have any burning questions you want to be asked do get in touch. I wonder if the wee Jewish fella still works in Ballymena? 

NOTES: 

Blue Lights - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14466018/

Review of Blue Lights (WITH NO SPOILERS) 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/01/blue-lights-this-thrilling-cop-drama-is-one-of-tvs-best-shows

Jeanie and Pauline met one of the characters at Dancing at Lughnasa https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/blue-lights-katherine-devlin-annie-northern-ireland-b2328718.html

https://thedetail.tv/articles/policing-in-northern-ireland-since-the-good-friday-agreement

Great interview with the writers Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson about Blue Lights (NO SPOILERS) https://www.televisual.com/news/blue-lights-q-a-with-declan-lawn-adam-patterson/

Gerry Anderson presenter BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Anderson_(broadcaster)

Claire Allan, Novelist based in Derry - https://www.claireallan.com/

Art Campion (Father Peter in Derry Girls) drug dealer in Blue Lights https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4113743/

Good Friday Agreement BBC podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64858138

Before and After - Good Friday Agreement events https://www.linenhall.com/origins-legacies-the-belfast-good-friday-agreement/

Ep3 of Talking Derry Girls - it’s the episode of the wee dead dog pissing on the statue but it also has a few of our own stories about the police and army. 

Pauline and Jeanie are hobnobbing in London's West End while Marie-Louise is a plus 1 at a Presidential visit, as excuses go, it's not a bad one.  

But her knowledge of culture and the arts was keenly missed when her two cohorts tried schmoozing in theatre land. As best day top-trumps go it's a tough one to call and may go some way to explain why Jeanie is slightly more hyper than usual this week. Is she giddy with excitement or off her chops on cough meds? You decide. 

The “Dancing at Lughnasa” opening night blows their minds when Pauline gets mistaken for a cast member… Can you guess who?... Or maybe she is someone's mother? it was a memorable night. 

Meanwhile Kathy Kiera Clarke, aka Aunt Sarah, Orla's Derry Girls mother is ripping up the stage in “The Dry House” at the Marylebone Theatre and Pauline devises a plan to clone Paul Mescal's DNA after getting very close to him thanks to the best £10 either of them has ever spent. Let's just say it's not only Streetcars that are named Desire…

Clinton’s visit to Northern Ireland 2023 - Making Hope and History Rhyme (Seamus Heaney) 

https://youtube.com/live/MNEZ1-b3s94?feature=share

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43658769.amp

Bronagh Gallagher - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronagh_Gallagher

Ash - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wheeler

Neil Hannon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon

Neil Hannon - singing Sunrise check out our FB page for this. We will post it https://www.facebook.com/talkingderrygirls

There are two notes from ML to put in here. 

Dancing at Lughnasa - at the National Theatre 

https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/dancing-at-lughnasa/

Brian Friel - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/02/brian-friel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Friel

Just noticed that the Brian Friel doc produced by Marie-Louise is on You Tube. Give it a search. 

The Dry House - https://www.marylebonetheatre.com/productions/the-dry-house

A Street Car named Desire - https://www.thephoenixtheatre.co.uk/shows/a-streetcar-named-desire

PLAYHOUSE DERRY - play about John Hume available to watch online until 30th April 2023 

https://www.derryplayhouse.co.uk/event/beyond-belief-the-life-and-mission-of-john-hume

BBC World Service documentary In the Studio about the play presented by Marie-Louise and co produced by Pauline and Marie-Louise 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ffwwp3

Siobhan McSweeney and Louisa Harland on BBC Radio 4 - Woman’s Hour April 2023. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kxf8

The life and Mission of John and Pat Hume

25 years on from the signing of the Good Friday Agreement a new theatrical production has been created to mark the legacy of the late John and Pat Hume. 

It premiered in Derry's Guildhall on 31st March and will be streamed live to a global audience this week on Good Friday (Link in the notes)

The TDG's were of course on hand to watch the story unfold and this week there is an insight into what Pauline and Marie-Louise get up to in their not spare time. BBC World Service documentary anyone?

Voted Ireland's Greatest in a 2010 viewers poll for RTE, John Hume and his wife Pat left their mark on Irish history but more importantly on the people of Derry. To tell their story on a Derry stage to an audience who knew them best is a remarkable feat for the Derry Playhouse and is as brave and remarkable as John and Pat themselves. 

NOTES: 

BBC World Service - In the Studio presented by Marie-Louise Muir and co produced by Marie-Louise Muir and Pauline Moore

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4ydw

The new A6 road by passing Dungiven. https://www.derryjournal.com/news/environment/first-look-as-derry-to-dungiven-stretch-of-a6-belfast-road-fully-opens-today-4096050

President Joe Biden to visit Northern Ireland on 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65170050

Beyond Belief - Playhouse theatre. Live streaming on Friday 7th April, available for a week. 

https://www.derryplayhouse.co.uk/event/beyond-belief-the-life-and-mission-of-john-hume

Bloody Sunday - the White Handkerchief https://www.derryplayhouse.co.uk/event/the-white-handkerchief

Found this podcast which features John Hume and David Trimble - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-hume-and-david-trimble-a-vision-of-peace/id1025864075?i=1000488332557

Kathleen Gillespie http://wavetraumacentre.org.uk/stories_from_silence/kathleen-gillespie/

Gerry Doherty https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2023/04/02/news/john_hume_musical_drama_opens_at_derry_s_guildhall-3180946/

Pat Hume https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/06/pat-hume-obituary

BBC podcast about the Good Friday Agreement - marking the 25th anniversary https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f6zpv4

And homework from the TDGs...

Ep 7 - of the podcast where we talk about John Hume who died in August 2020. 

Ep 42 - The Agreement Ep7 Derry Girls 

Ep 35 - The Launch of Series 3 - Derry Girls (1st anniversary). 

As promised and just in time for the St Patrick's Day Spring Carnival, the eagerly awaited Derry Girls taster exhibition opened this week in the City. 

Marie-Louise was there representing the TDG's and getting the bars on what is and what will be included in the future exhibition. She tells Pauline and Jeanie what to expect and the girls gain an insight into how she spends her days off. 

It all starts with an intro that is worthy of Uncle Colm and she chats to some new pals and catches up with an old friend of the TDG's, resplendent in Green and generously dishing out cream horns. 

Scarily she also embraces her inner Clare, maybe because she was allowed to be an individual on her own. 

In celebration of the immersive, interactive, augmented reality experience that is planned for this Summer we thought we would make this episode interactive too. Please prepare yourselves for TDG's bingo. Drinkers will need shots, flaming Sambucas are recommended - teetotallers can play with cream horns, pop tarts or Tayto crisps. You can indulge in your chosen treat every time you hear the words ICONIC - VISIT DERRY or WATERLOO PLACE.

Other party games are available and most likely safer - Slainte. 

NOTES: 

Visit Derry - where the taster Exhibition is being housed  https://www.visitderry.com/

https://www.visitderry.com/derry-girls

Tower Museum - where the Derry Girls Experience is opening in the Summer - https://towermuseumcollections.com/

EPIC DESIGN - https://epic.ie/index.html

Derry City and Strabane District Council - https://www.derrystrabane.com/

Derry Girls afternoon tea Everyglades Hotel - https://www.hastingshotels.com/everglades-hotel/afternoon-tea.html  https://www.visitderry.com/food-and-drink

Friends of the Factory - Shirt Tales Part 1 Ep 62 https://www.facebook.com/groups/482405762757848/

Beyond Belief - The Life and Mission of John Hume - https://www.derryplayhouse.co.uk/event/beyond-belief-the-life-and-mission-of-john-hume available to watch online on 7th April. The first part of the trilogy - The White Handkerchief is available on demand from the website. 

Ma Mary aka Tara Lynne O’Neill talking about her jazzy jumper Ep 46 

When Jeanie’s work thought she was in River Dance Ep12 

The TDGs on the Derry Girls food tour Ep 57 

Abandoned (for one episode only) by Jeanie and Marie-Louise, Pauline is determined not to be an individual on her own! Meet fellow Derry girls, Yvonne Norris and Naomi Petropoulos. Both DGs have a strong interest in the rich history of the city’s shirt factories. For quite a few decades there were more than 40 factories employing thousands of women. In 1867, Karl Marx mentioned the new trend of home working - referencing one of the world’s first industrialised factories - Tillie and Henderson which at one time was the largest shirt factory in the world. There’s been a long campaign to recognise the Factory Girls who kept the economy of the city going. Yvonne and Naomi give a great introduction to a vital story in Derry’s history. And they did pass the audition if any situations arise in Talking Derry Girls.

NOTES 

Shirts, Singer and Sewing exhibition snippets of interviews with factory girls carried out by Naomi Petropoulos  originalderrygirls.com

Shirts, Singers and Sewing exhibition iin Shipquay Street in Derry City centre. https://towermuseumcollections.com/shirtssingersandsewing/

Naomi Petropoulos - Family Matters podcast episode where Naomi chats to her Granny and Mother-in-law about working in Derry’s shirt factories

https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/family-matters-with-naomi-petropoulos

Article by Naomi Petropoulos https://deindustrialization.org/honouring-the-original-derry-girls-the-resurgence-of-the-commemoration-and-celebration-of-shirt-making-in-derry-northern-ireland/

Friends of the Factories

https://www.friendsofthefactories.com/  https://twitter.com/FOTF21

Article about the Tillie and Henderson shirt factory in Derry/Londonderry. The world’s first modern factory mentioned by Karl Marx in Das Kapital. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/factory-made-marx-see-red/28176820.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=1YhcI9R&v=199041234710306

BBC Radio Ulster - Stories in Sound, Factory Girls https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008nmp

BBC The shirt factory horn (TV clip) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00q946p

Shirt Factory Heritage Walking Tour https://www.derriedanders.co.uk/tour/shirt-factory-heritage-walking-tour

Friends of the Factories - plaques initiative https://www.friendsofthefactories.com/gallery-1

BBC report on Factory Girls song by Keiron Tourish  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=1YhcI9R&v=328950601755997

My Granny was a Factory Girl https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-sisters-charity-song-grandma-191341

The Friends of the Factory Workers scheme was the winner of the Women’s History Network Community History Prize in 2021. https://womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-history-network-2021-community-history-prize-winners-friends-of-the-factories/

Derry’s factory girls: A window into the adult world https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49740625.amp

Amelia Earhart in Derry - Ep 30 Talking Derry Girls Podcast 

Plaques at St Columb’s Hall to commemorate visits by Emmeline Pankhust, Eleanor Marx and Margaret Cousins - https://www.derrynow.com/news/news/630815/plaques-unveiled-at-st-columb-s-hall-in-derry-to-commemorate-historic-visits.html

Derry Girls and Rock and Roll https://www.derryjournal.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/13-photographs-of-factory-girls-and-rock-n-roll-at-the-millennium-forum-4030642

Willie Deery

https://www.derrynow.com/news/arts---entertainment/1018082/a-derry-play-with-a-difference-factory-girls-and-rock-n-roll.html

Derry’s Dance Halls of Romance - Willie Deery https://www.amazon.co.uk/Derrys-Dancehalls-Romance-Willie-Deery/dp/1906271410

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Springtown-Camp-Inside-Willie-Deery/dp/1906271305

Claire Allan Derry based writer (guest on Ep 28) - The First Time I said Goodbye https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/19101043 

https://www.claireallan.com/