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06 Sept 2025

IN PICTURES: St Columb’s Cathedral 'Festival of Cloaks' Exhibition

Derry's St Columb’s Cathedral is hosting a special exhibition this summer commemorating the patroness saint of Ireland, St Brigid of Kildare, who died 1,500 years ago this year

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Lilian Barr pictured with Doreen Sidebottom during a visit to St.Columb’s Cathedral which is hosting a 'Festival of Cloaks'. The Mayor takes a closer look at 150th Anniversary Chasuble from St. Eugene’s Cathedral which celebrates and remembers the women of the shirt factories. Every shirt factory is named and the cloak was worn by Bishop Donal McKeown to mark the 150th anniversary of St.Eugene’s in 2023.

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