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By Alan Rodgers
Exactly 100 years ago tonight, three men were taken from their homes in Dromore and brutally shot in what was one of the worst incidents of the War of Independence.
Now, for the first time, this new podcast tells the story of that night, the deaths of Charles Slevin, Daniel J O’Doherty and John Devine and the impact on the local community both at the time and during the past century.
Produced and edited by Alan Rodgers, with extracts from the Ulster Herald archive read by Editor, Nigel McDonagh, the podcast hears from local historian, Pat McCusker, who has carried out extensive research into the 1921 Dromore Murders.
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Seanie Meyler, the Ulster Herald 2020 Sports Personality of the Year, pictured with Kate McAleer, representing sponsor, MFC Sports and sports editor, Barry O Donnell. JB3
Shed runner Seanie named Herald’s overall winner Posted: 3:18 pm March 12, 2021
By Barry O’Donnell
DESPITE representing Tyrone on the biggest stage as a Gaelic footballer and winning countless races during an impressive athletics career, Seanie Meyler laughs at the notion that a ‘run in his garden shed’ has helped land him his most prestigious individual honour.
On Wednesday evening the 54-year old Omagh man was announced as the Overall Winner of the 2020 Ulster Herald Sports Personality of the Year Award, held in association with MFC Sports.
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McKeever relives Derry s decade of joy in the league
Derry legend Kieran McKeever speaks to RTÉ Sport s Raf Diallo about the achievement of bringing home four National League titles between 1992 and 2000 and how important the competition was to their generation of 93 All-Ireland winners.
• 8 Mar 2021
RTÉ Sport Journalist
As Autumn set in and oak leaves would start to settle on football s forest floor, 1993 was the year when it all clustered together perfectly for the Oak Leaf County.
For those of a Derry persuasion, that 19 September was the date that stands above all others as All-Ireland glory was finally achieved.
Yet what can t be forgotten is how Derry would blossom consistently in the 1990s and how the National League became the regular benchmark for what a talented crop of players was capable of.
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