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07 Sept 2025

Down Memory Lane: Making the Derry News. . . from the 2001 archives

How many familiar faces can you spot in our gallery of pictures from the archives of the Derry News?

Derry News 2001 Archives . . . Click the < or > arrow above or 'Next Story' to go through the gallery

The outgoing Mayor of Derry, Cllr. Cathal Crumley, presenting a glass plaque to Ian Leitch, local "Walker", who discovered the Thornhill neolithic site, at a special ceremony in the Guildhall, Derry. Included front row (from left) are Cllr. Tony Hasson, Sister Christopher, principle of Thornhill College, on which the site was found, Cathal Logue, Town Clerk, and Chief Executive, and members of local groups interested in the development of the Thornhill site.

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