the dear derry podcast

meet my first guest, jimmy toye.

jimmy is bogside royalty, a man who was present at some of the most prominent moments in derry history, including the battle of the bogside and operation motorman. his family ran a shop in the heart of it all, and he tragically witnessed the deaths of annette mcgavigan and damian harkin, and during bloody sunday, hugh gilmore and barney mcguigan. he later gave evidence at the saville inquiry.

he also witnessed the death of the first soldier killed in derry, corporal jolliffe.

comments will be turned off due to the sensitivity of the content and out of respect for jimmy, the victims, and the people of derry.

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welcome to season two of the dear derry podcast. this season is deeply personal to the people of derry. it focuses on the bloody sunday massacre (derry, 1972). as most people are probs aware, my uncle willie was murdered that day and my granda was shot as he tried to save his dying son. fourteen lives were lost and many more wounded.

as a younger family member i feel a deep responsibility to help preserve the truth carried by the first generation and to keep those stories alive. this series explores how pain and legacy are inherited, even when we did not live through the events ourselves.

i will be speaking with family members and witnesses, focusing on intergenerational storytelling.
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this episode is the second part of paula's interview. if you haven't listened to part 1 yet, i'd recommend going back and listening to that episode first. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

in this episode, i sit down with one of my oldest and dearest childhood friends, paula. her life hasn’t been easy, from caring for her mammy most of her life, to surviving a serious burn as a child and a burst stomach ulcer as an adult. but through it all, paula remains strong, funny, kind, and full of heart.

we talk about a lot, growing up on a council estate, the highs and lows of mother-daughter relationships, addiction, and what it means to love someone through it. we also chat about bomb scares, the bulgarian mafia, and that wild night the ra chased us out of rosemount with guns.
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this episode is the second part of angelina's interview. if you haven't listened to part 1 yet, i'd recommend going back and listening to that episode first. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.