![]() ![]() The history is dark and painful and dominates the way Northern Ireland is portrayed onstage, on-screen and in books. The conflict has been on people's minds a lot recently, as Britain's messy exit from the European Union has revived talk of a hard border in Ireland, which was dismantled after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. The Salt How A No-Deal Brexit Could Destroy The Irish Dairy Industry - And Threaten Peace ![]() (Whether you call the city Derry or Londonderry depends on your politics.) The show follows five teenagers in a Catholic school during the 1990s, when Northern Ireland was gripped by sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants known as The Troubles. "At our house I think we watched every episode three times."ĭerry Girls, a critically acclaimed comedy first broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 and now streaming on Netflix, was the most watched series in Northern Ireland in 2018. "Maybe they were all watching reruns of Derry Girls," she jokes. But this year, there wasn't as much trouble. "In the past, young people used to riot," she says, standing in Free Derry Corner, where the buildings are covered in murals lionizing Irish nationalists. When Protestant loyalists waving British flags march in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry, Donna McCluskey and other community workers stage what she calls a "diversionary festival." "It's put Northern Ireland on the map for all the right reasons." "This show, it's very Derry, in all the right ways," says Derry Girls fan Gilly Campbell. Derry Girls follows five teenagers in a Catholic school in Northern Ireland during the 1990s. ![]()
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