IN March 2017, an ‘Arizona Street and Upton Cottages reunion party’ was held in the Glenowen. It was a great event, with fantastic music provided by the McCourt brothers, and some equally impressive socialising done by the McKays, McDonalds, Quinns, McAteers, Pattersons, Monaghans, Lintons… and plenty of others, including a couple of Deedses. The oldest […]
Archive | January, 2019
Our playground was Upton Cottages and Arizona Street
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Tóibín to host new party Belfast meeting
FORMER Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín has said that his new party hopes to select candidates for the North’s upcoming Council elections by early February. The Meath TD left Sinn Féin in November over the party’s decision to back legislation allowing for abortion. The as yet unnamed party is set to host a meeting at […]
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Pic of the day, Friday, January 25
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Foyle flags a funny fáilte…
A BRACING five-mile walk from Derry to Newbuildings on Friday morning, the broad Foyle flat and calm to Squinter’s right, frosty winter fields to his left. There’s not much in the village, truth to tell. There’s a petrol station about a mile out from the ‘main street’ (Victoria Road) and there’s what looks like a […]
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EYE ON THE PAST: January 25, 1975
Twinbrook anger at RUC THERE has been angry reaction from Twinbrook residents to a raid by RUC men on a house in the area which led to the arrest of a father of seven for the non payment of a £9 fine. During the raid three RUC men – two of them carrying sub-machince guns […]
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Women’s place in national debate
LAST year was a year to remember for women’s rights. ‘Me Too’ was a phrase heard around the globe as artists in many spheres made sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination visible. It was a lesson that went way beyond the arts. The referendum on the 8th Amendment to the Irish constitution made the experience of […]
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