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Fr Edward Daly Image Name: Fr Edward Daly Description: Fr Edward Daly on '7 Days' (1972) Fr Edward Daly was a curate in Derry's Bogside from 1962 to 1973. He became famous as a result of his action on Bloody Sunday, in waving a white handkerchief as he led away a group who were carrying the body of Jackie Duddy. Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Funeral of Bloody Sunday victims, Derry. Image Name: Funeral of Bloody Sunday victims, Derry. Description: Image taken as huge crowds gather outside the cemetery where the victims of the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Derry were to be buried. 2 Feb 1972. Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Coffins of victims of Bloody Sunday 1972 Image Name: Coffins of victims of Bloody Sunday 1972 Description: Image of the coffins of some of the victims of the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Derry resting in church. 2 Feb 1972 Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Máirín Ní Ghadhra Image Name: Máirín Ní Ghadhra Description: Máirín Ní Ghadhra Copyright: Seán Ó Mainnín
Máirín Ní Ghadhra Image Name: Máirín Ní Ghadhra Description: Máirín Ní Ghadhra Copyright: Seán Ó Mainnín

Broadcast Details: Sunday 30th January, 10.00am

Live from Derry 50 years on from Bloody Sunday, panellists reflect on that day and its legacy, as well as discussing contemporary politics in the city.

Beidh an clár á chraoladh as Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin i nDoire inniu agus iad ag comóradh caoga bliain Dhomhnach na Fola a tharla ar 30 Eanáir 1972.  Ar chlár an lae inniu, tabharfar an lá féin agus a oidhreacht chun cuimhne, agus beidh plé freisin ar an bpolaitíocht chomhaimseartha sa chathair. Ar an bpainéal inniu beidh Tony Doherty ó Iontaobhas Dhomhnach na Fola ar maraíodh a athair an lá sin; Gearóid Ó hEadhra, iar-Ardmhéara Dhoire a bhí i láthair ar an lá sin i 1972; Donncha MacNiallais, ball de Choimisiún Bratacha agus Suaitheantais Thuaisceart Éireann; agus Mary Delargy a bhí ina déagóir ag an am agus a bhfuil cuimhne aici ar an tréimhse sin.  Is í Máirín Ní Ghadhra a chuirfidh an clár i láthair.

Today, the programme will be broadcast live from Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin in Derry to commemorate fifty years since Bloody Sunday on 30 January 1972.  The panellists will reflect on that day and its legacy, as well as discussing contemporary politics in the city.  Panellists will include Tony Doherty from the Bloody Sunday Trust whose father was killed that day; Gearóid Ó hEadhra, former Mayor of Derry who was present at the events of Bloody Sunday; Donncha Mac Niallais, a member of the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition; and Mary Delargy, who was a teenager at the time of Bloody Sunday and remembers the terrible events of that day.  Máirín Ní Ghadhra presents.