Derry GAA in the 1980s: Croker Oakers
The final pieces of the All-Ireland jigsaw
Derry celebrate winning the Ulster championship in 1987
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Derry s footballing history is a journey of peaks and troughs. When
Danny Quinn stepped aboard, the roller-coaster was pulling out of the station and in part two of our focus on the eighties, he tells
Michael McMullan of the final steps towards the summit.
By the time Bellaghy ended a seven-year gap to win the 1986 Derry title, Danny Quinn and success went hand in hand.
It marked his third full season as a senior club player, but the roots of a winning mentality were firmly established. Under the guidance of the late Tom Scullion, a 12-time senior champion, Quinn picked up an U16 medal in 1981 before developing his game during a stellar MacRory career that helped him graduate to the county minor team.
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Defibrillators to be installed in two new areas of the county
Councillors heard of the plans at last week s Environment Committee meeting.
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Two County Derry areas are to be provided with new defibrillators as part of a council link-up with the Mid Ulster Community Resus Group.
The life-saving devices are to be fitted at civic amenity sites in Maghera and Draperstown after Mid Ulster District Council s Environment Committee approved a report detailing the plans last week.
Defibrillators currently in place at Magherafelt Recycling Centre and Moneymore Recreation Centre are also to be repositioned as part of the plans.