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Plaques unveiled at St Columb s Hall in Derry to commemorate historic visits
Emmeline Pankhurst and Eleanor Marx both spoke in the famous local hall
Guests pictured at the unveiling of the plaques.
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Plaques marking ground-breaking visits to Derry by two highly revered women’s rights activists more than a century ago have been unveiled in the city’s historic St Columb’s Hall.
The Grade A listed building also known as ‘The People’s Hall,’ was the venue of choice for some of the world’s most iconic performers and notaries after it was built in 1886.
But how many people nowadays know that its remarkable guests included both Emmeline Pankhurst and Eleanor Marx? ....

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