Childhood friends of Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee have spoken of the “mindblowing” success of the show ahead of the opening of a new exhibition.
Shauna Bray and Aoife O’Neill are childhood friends of McGee’s and said to be the inspiration behind the fiery and rebellious Michelle Mallon and the good-natured but chronically worried Clare Devlin. Ms O’Neill added: “And the family dynamics, most people would say my uncle Colm would be whatever, we went on like that with the chip shop order and that’s something universal.”
A mural depicting the five main characters was unveiled on Orchard Street in January 2019 and has quickly become a popular tourist attraction in the city.“But as soon as you watched it you knew Derry people would love it but I didn’t even think it would go beyond that because of the Derry accent and loads of the jokes, I was thinking is that our craic?” she said.
“We’re all still in a group text and the first night that it was screened on TV we were all ‘Twitter’s blowing up, hashtag Derry is trending’ and ‘oh my god look how many people tweeting about this’, we just couldn’t believe it,” she said.“I’ve been absolutely blown away by the museum and by how well they’ve managed to recreate, take the show and recreate it all here. You know, it’s absolutely fantastic,” Ms Bray said.
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