Sad passing of my dear uncle Johnny. A staunch campaigner for a university in Derry City, Johnny also secured the Bloody Sunday civil rights banner for history in 1972.
End of an era as last inhabitant of Free Derry Corner dies via @irish_news
Eugene McCafferty
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Eugene McCafferty
@eugemccafferty
Clare via Derry | Family Man | Member of Press Photographers Ireland | Seeking Opportunities in Photography | Let’s Connect!
Shannon, Co. Clare
Joined January 2010
- ‘Massive breaking news’ for Clare soccer on Sky Sports!
00:00 - Prof Harvey is my cousin - interest declared. A man of integrity with no party political allegiance, he has been concerned at the failure to enact rights legislation agreed in the GFA. Brian Feeney highlights unionist attempts to silence Colin on his right to express an opinion.
- Hi @JoannaLumleyUK, you visited Richard Moore’s childhood home in Derry today. Newsworthy fact - my cousin Joe McKane and his son Odhran, who now live there, dived into the River Foyle on the same day, 2 years apart, to rescue drowning people on August 1st. @McKaneDJ
- Replying to @bradley_steve @NWSharingZone and 7 othersAs a Derry man living in the Midwest for many years, I have seen Limerick develop exponentially driven by investment in 3rd level education, primarily at UL but also LIT and Mary Immaculate. Invest in youth, invest in the future and build a new University for Derry NOW!
- Replying to @therecount
- Searing writing, pulls no punches. Aoife Moore stands as an inspiration to a new generation of journalists. #JournalismMatters
- Whatever about the Ivory Coast, I wasn’t aware that the Twelfth was celebrated in Doonbeg. West Clare is full of surprises! #visitclareAnother 12th of July, another year wiser and hopefully another step closer to solving this terrible dispute with the Ivory Coast.
- Great craic and banter at @GaaClare All Ireland Final preview breakfast with Dali, Darach Honan and Cork legend Seanie McGrath. Photograph by @eugemccafferty.
- UL straddles the border between Limerick and Clare, it’s success over 50 years has been transformational. No reason why Derry/Donegal can’t adapt to this model! @derry_group UL aims for multinationals and marina as it unveils ‘university town’ plan
- On this the 51st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, thinking of all the victims and their families, especially Fr Tom O’Gara who assisted the injured and our good friend Eibhlin, a volunteer with the Knights of Malta, who saved lives in Glenfada Park. #BloodySunday
