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Thank you, Derry Girls, for telling the story of my complicated adolescence

Like the Derry Girls, I was 18 when I voted for the Good Friday Agreement. The show perfectly captured the darkness, light and spirit of the times

Thank you, Derry Girls, for telling the story of my complicated adolescence
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Thank you, ‘Derry Girls’.

The series finale of the hit Channel 4 comedy show has aired, and I am not ashamed to admit I shed tears over it.

When I first heard there was going to be a TV comedy programme about my part of the world, I did what Irish people tend to do. I thought it might be cringe, and that everyone looking at us might be awful.