Derry boxing legend, Spider Kelly, will be honoured on Friday with the launch of a plinth in memory of the city's most decorated fighter.

Taking place at the venue of the plinth at the top of Fahan Street, the launch will begin at 1pm on Friday 15 August with his son Dr Billy Kelly and another local legend, Charlie Nash, in attendance as speakers at the event.

Triax Neighbourhood Partnership Board working in partnership with the Kelly Family, Derry City Council, Department for Socjal Development and NIHE have erected a plinth at the top of Fahan Street close to where both Jim Spider Kelly and his son William (Billy} Kelly lived.  

The name Kelly is synonymous with boxing and sporting achievement in Derry. The Kelly family hailed from Fahan St and lived there until Jimmy Spider moved the family to Hamilton Street in the Brandywell. The plinth honours both boxers but also the people of the Bogside and Brandywell.  As part of the ongoing regeneration and developing of the tourist product in this community TRIAX believes that it is important that we remember people from this community that have achieved and brought distinction to this community.  

Charles Lamberton Strategy Manager at Triax said "Triax is delighted to have been part of developing this project, remembering and honouring sporting heroes from our past is very important as it demonstrates to our young people that a bit of hard work and dedication and you can achieve in sport or any field.  Triax is keen to develop the tourist product and trail throughout this community as an economic driver for the regeneration of this area and small but significant projects like this allows us to continually to add to the product on offer"
 

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