Late 1974, 16-year-old John O’Neill and younger brother Vinny were playing no-frills songs on guitars in their front room at No 22, Beechwood Avenue on Derry’s Bogside. They soon formed what could be loosely termed a band, with friends Billy Doherty and Mickey Bradley from the Creggan estate, on drums and bass respectively.
By Angela Brown The Drumming Hill Youth Centre is slated to close in the near future. "With declining numbers of youth in custody at the Drumming Hill.